[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement

[Michel Py]

Oppose.

Although I find myself in bed in this matter with numbers of bed-fellows that I would not otherwise sleep with, it does smell like encouraging leasing.

Michel.


From: ARIN-PPML [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of ARIN
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 8:07 AM
To: PPML
Subject: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement

On 16 September 2021, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-302: Remove Circuit Requirement " as a Draft Policy.

Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2021_6/ 
 
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
Senior Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

 
Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement 
 
Problem Statement:

Current ARIN policy prevents the use of leased-out addresses as evidence of utilization.

Policy statement:

Replace

“2.4. Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR that primarily assigns address space to the users of the network services that it provides. LIRs are generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs), whose customers are primarily end users and possibly other ISPs.”

with

“2.4. Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR that primarily assigns address space to users of the network. LIRs are generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs), whose customers are primarily end users and possibly other ISPs.”

Timetable for implementation: Immediate