[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2018-5: Disallow Third-party Organization Record Creation

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I agree with this proposal, as I have seen all too many times ISP's 
creating contact records from purchase orders, leading to validation 
emails landing in purchasing, instead of IT where they belong.  Even when 
you have already created an ORG ID, they wont look, and go ahead and 
create another.  Forbidding this practice will help a lot, especially for 
those with multiple sites using many providers.

I have a question regarding the use of a simple reassignment.  Since this 
does not have any phone or email contacts, what is its purpose and why do 
we have it?  Is it simply to document use of space by the upstream for 
when they come back for more space? It does not seem to help the community 
with abuse reports due to lack of contact information.

If it is only to document use by the ISP, why have it since there is no 
IPv4 free pool? If it is instead for the community for abuse reports, 
simple reassignment should instead have phone and email, instead of postal 
contacts for the operators of the Downstream.  Currently with a simple, 
there is no real choice but to send abuse complaints to the upstream, 
rather than the actual network operators of a given reassignment.


Albert Erdmann
Network Administrator
Paradise On Line Inc.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2019, ARIN wrote:

> The following has been revised:
>
> * Draft Policy ARIN-2018-5: Disallow Third-party Organization Record Creation
>
> Revised text is below and can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2018_5.html
>
> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will 
> evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft 
> policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in 
> the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:
>
> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
> * Technically Sound
> * Supported by the Community
>
> The PDP can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>
> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Hopkins
> Policy Analyst
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2018-5: Disallow Third-party Organization Record Creation
>
> Problem Statement:
>
> Since the introduction of simple-reassignment some years ago, it is no longer 
> necessary to allow for third-parties (such as upstream ISPs) to create 
> organization records for another entity (such as their customers).  In 
> particular, many entities find that spurious organization records are 
> routinely created in their name, causing both confusion and entity + staff 
> time for clean-up.
>
> Therefore, this policy establishes that organization records shall be created 
> only by the entity represented by the organization record, and should be 
> created only through an explicit request to ARIN.  ISPs wishing to reassign 
> space to customers should either ask the customer for their ORG-ID or shall 
> use the "simple reassignment" method which does not require nor create new 
> organization records.  ISPs wishing to reallocate space to customers should 
> ask the customer for their ORG-ID.
>
> Policy Statement:
>
> Add new section(s) into the NRPM:
>
> 3.X Directory Service Records
>
> 3.X.1 Organization Record Creation
>
> New organization records shall be created upon ARIN receiving a request 
> directly from an authorized contact representing an entity that ARIN is able 
> to validate.  Organization records shall not be created upon the request of 
> third-parties.
>
> Comments:
>
> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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