[arin-ppml] Last Call - Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-7: 4.4 gTLD Micro-allocation Clarification

[Martin Hannigan]

Interesting. I agree with you.

The intention of the word "new" was for the "new" flavor of gTLD. The ones
that were (and some continue to feel still are) anathemas and underwrote a
trend of monetizing critical infrastructure. .COM was first but not
considered new. Think .CLUB. The idea was that DNS was a commons and
everyone ought to be on a level playing field. Today that is a mistake.

If removing "new" means we open 4.4 to .COM and .NET (for example), then
this is more than an editorial change. If it simply is an acknowledgement
that the gTLD is a mature concept and normalizes the language, it is an
easy change. The overall gTLD should probably NOT be using 4.4. This pool
has slowly morphed into uses that while "technically" valid, are well
outside of intended use and in many cases are actually amusing to the
trained eye. See Bahamas IX.

Warm regards,

-M<










On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 3:57 PM Chris Woodfield <chris at semihuman.com> wrote:

> I’d argue that this is not editorial, in that the use of the term “new” at
> the time was intended to exclude the existing gTLDs from eligibility, where
> the proposed language does not. That said, I support as written.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -C
>



>
> On Apr 20, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> IMO this is editorial, but either way I support the clarification.
>
> -Scott
>
>
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> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:43 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>
> On 15 April 2021, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) sent the following
> Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:
>
>
>
> * ARIN-2020-7: 4.4 gTLD Micro-allocation Clarification
>
>
>
> Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be
> provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 4 May
> 2021.
>
>
>
> The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:
>
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_7/
>
>
>
> The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
>
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Sean Hopkins
>
> Senior Policy Analyst
>
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-7: 4.4 gTLD Micro-allocation
> Clarification
>
>
>
> AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number
> Resource Policy:
>
>
>
> The draft Policy ARIN-2020-7 is fair, impartial ,technically sound and
> supported by the community. This draft policy removes “new” from “new GTLD”
> in NRPM Section 4.4 in an effort to reduce confusion for those who may view
> the policy itself as “new” when it is from 2012.
>
>
>
> Problem Statement:
>
>
>
> As stated in NRPM section 4.4: Micro-allocation
>
>
>
> ICANN-sanctioned gTLD operators may justify up to the equivalent of an
> IPv4 /23 block for each authorized new gTLD, allocated from the free pool
> or received via transfer, but not from the above reservation.
>
>
>
> The term “new gTLD” is confusing and refers to all gTLD’s that have been
> created since June of 2012.
>
>
>
> Policy statement:
>
>
>
> ICANN-sanctioned gTLD operators may justify up to the equivalent of an
> IPv4 /23 block for each authorized gTLD, allocated from the free pool or
> received via transfer, but not from the above reservation.
>
>
>
> Comments:
>
>
>
> This proposal stems from a suggestion in the January, 2019 Policy
> Experience Report.
>
>
>
> Timetable for Implementation: Immediate
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