[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2: Waiting List Block Size Restriction
ARIN
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Tue Feb 26 12:49:42 EST 2019
On 21 February 2019, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted
"ARIN-prop-261: Waiting List Block Size Restriction" as a Draft Policy.
Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2019_2.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-2019-2: Waiting List Block Size Restriction
Problem Statement:
A substantial amount of misuse of the waiting list is suspected by ARIN
staff. A significant percentage of organizations that receive blocks
from the waiting list subsequently issue these blocks to other
organizations via 8.3 or 8.4 transfers shortly after the one year
waiting period required before engaging in such outbound transfers. Most
of these cases involve larger-sized blocks, and many involve
organizations that already have large IPv4 holdings. Some organizations
engage in this practice multiple times, rejoining the waiting list
shortly after transferring out blocks previously received on the waiting
list. There are even cases of multiple startup organizations requesting
approval to be placed on the waiting list where these organizations'
requests can all be tracked originating from the same IP address. While
it is possible that some of these cases are legitimate, and while it is
difficult for ARIN to prove fraud in most individual cases, the large
number of cases like these indicates a high likelihood that there is
significant misuse of the waiting list. Specifically, some organizations
are likely being dishonest in projecting their need for IPv4 space with
the intent of receiving blocks off the waiting list so that they can
sell them one year after receiving them. In the case of multiple
startups, some organizations that receive blocks on the waiting list
subsequently perform a 8.2 merger/acquisition, allowing them to sell the
blocks even before the one year waiting period.
The problem is serious enough that the ARIN Board of Trustees has
suspended issuance of number resources while a solution to this problem
is found, and it is unfair to organizations with legitimate need on the
waiting list that they are being crowded out and delayed by those
looking to game the system.
Policy Statement:
Actual Text:
4.1.8. Unmet requests
In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of
sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the
requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block
size they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable
minimum size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block
is available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single
block available that fulfills the request. If no such block is
available, the organization will be provided the option to be placed on
a waiting list of pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size
qualified for and the smallest block size acceptable.
New Text:
4.1.8. Unmet requests
In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of
sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the
requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block
size they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable
minimum size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block
is available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single
block available that fulfills the request. If no such block is
available, the organization will be provided the option to be placed on
a waiting list of pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size
qualified for or a /22, whichever is smaller, and the smallest block
size acceptable, not to exceed a /22.
Comments:
Timeframe for Implementation: Immediate
Anything Else: By limiting the maximum block size for waiting list
recipients to a /22, the financial incentive to misuse the waiting list
to receive blocks with the intent to sell them will be drastically
reduced. The majority of waiting list requests are for smaller block
sizes, and these requests will be more readily met as the abusers will
no longer be crowding out the legitimate organizations with need. The
original intent of the waiting list to help smaller organizations and
new entrants will be realized. RIPE, APNIC and LACNIC do not have
waiting lists, but they each have an emergency pool geared toward new
recipients with a /22 limit which has largely curtailed abuse.
Organizations that genuinely qualify for larger blocks can still obtain
these in the marketplace through 8.3 transfers.
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