[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2020-1: Clarify Holding Period for Resources Received via 4.1.8 Waitlist

[Fernando Frediani]

May I ask how this situation will avoid that someone to register a new 
company, get into the waiting list, receive a /22 and right after that 
be "purchased" by another company which is not entitled to be in the 
waiting list anymore bypassing the restriction ?

Although it may not be the easiest thing to do deal with all paperwork, 
bureaucracy and register company, depending on the rising price of IPv4 
in the market someone may find that became worth the effort and this 
could (not right now, but at some point in the future) turn into a way 
to bypass the waiting list restriction as the mathematics will cover all 
the costs involved in the whole transaction.

At first seeing I identify this proposal may bring an issue in such 
scenario and perhaps there should still be some minimal time 
restriction, not necessarily 60 months, but something that makes it more 
difficult for fraudsters to act with such intention.

Regards
Fernando

On 25/02/2020 18:49, ARIN wrote:
> On 20 February 2020, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted 
> "ARIN-prop-284: Clarify Holding Period for Resources Received via 
> 4.1.8 Waitlist" as a Draft Policy.
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-1 is below and can be found at:
>
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_1/
>
> 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/participate/policy/pdp/
>
> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Hopkins
> Policy Analyst
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-1: Clarify Holding Period for Resources 
> Received via 4.1.8 Waitlist
>
> Problem Statement:
>
> A recent Policy Experience Report reported ambiguity on the part of 
> customers as to whether or not the 60-month restriction on 
> transferring resources received via NRPM Section 4.1.8 applies to M&A 
> transfers under NRPM Section 8.2. This proposal clarifies this 
> restriction to exempt 8.2 transfers from this restriction.
>
> Policy Statement: Update NRPM Section 4.1.8 as follows:
>
> Original Text:
>
> Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for 
> transfer for a period of 60 months.
>
> New Text:
>
> Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for 
> transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 
> 60 months.”
>
> Comments:
>
> Timetable for implementation: immediate
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