[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2022-9: Leasing Not Intended

Mon Sep 12 10:36:36 EDT 2022

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:10 JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via ARIN-PPML <
arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:

> I don’t think there is such thing (formally speaking), and is not.
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There is.  Its been a long time since someone tried to take that approach.

John Curran/SAA will know if a specific document exists regarding it.

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> El 12/9/22, 14:24, "Martin Hannigan" <hannigan at gmail.com> escribió:
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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 08:02 JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via ARIN-PPML <
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> Hi Martin,
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> No, is not a global policy, they are only meant for IANA-RIR matters.
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> We just mention what is the actual situation in other RIRs, also because
> we have submitted similar policies, but as we all know, it may happen in
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> Is it either? It certainly does sound like it is the former.
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> El 12/9/22, 13:55, "ARIN-PPML en nombre de Martin Hannigan" <
> arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net en nombre de hannigan at gmail.com> escribió:
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> Very confusing. If this is to proceed it needs to be substantially  boiled
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> However, is the author saying this is to be a globally coordinated policy?
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> “ In other RIRs, the leasing of addresses is not authorized either and
> since it is not explicit in their policy manuals either, this proposal will
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> This should be clearer. There are subtle implications like expecting
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> Before expending tons of energy on a coordinated policy, early feedback is
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> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 12:29 ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
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> On 18 August 2022, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-308:
> Leasing Not Intended" as a Draft Policy.
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2022-9 is below and can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_9/
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> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
> evaluate the discussion 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:
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> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
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> * Supported by the Community
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> The PDP can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
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> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
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> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2022-9: Leasing Not Intended
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> Problem Statement:
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> “IPv6 Policy (section 6.4.1.) explicitly mention that address space is not
> a property. This is also stated in the RSA (section 7.) for all the
> Internet Number Resources.
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> However, with the spirit of the IPv4 allocation policies being the same,
> there is not an equivalent text for IPv4, neither for ASNs.
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> Further to that, policies for IPv4 and IPv6 allocations, clearly state
> that allocations are based on justified need and not solely on a predicted
> customer base. Similar text can be found in the section related to
> Transfers (8.1).
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> Consequently, resources not only aren’t a property, but also, aren’t
> allocated for leasing purposes, only for justified need of the resource
> holder and its directly connected customers.
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> Therefore, and so that there are no doubts about it, it should be made
> explicit in the NRPM that the Internet Resources should not be leased “per
> se”, but only as part of a direct connectivity service. At the same time,
> section 6.4.1. should be moved to the top of the NRPM (possibly to section
> 1. “Principles and Goals of the American Registry for Internet Numbers
> (ARIN)”.”
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> Policy statement:
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> Actual Text (to be replaced by New Text):
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> 6.4.1. Address Space Not to be Considered Property
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> It is contrary to the goals of this document and is not in the interests
> of the Internet community as a whole for address space to be considered
> freehold property.
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> The policies in this document are based upon the understanding that
> globally-unique IPv6 unicast address space is allocated/assigned for use
> rather than owned.
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> 1.5. Internet Number Resources Not to be Considered Property
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> It is contrary to the goals of this document and is not in the interests
> of the Internet community as a whole for address space to be considered
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> The policies in this document are based upon the understanding that
> Internet Number Resources are allocated/assigned for use rather than owned.
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> ARIN allocate and assign Internet resources in a delegation scheme, with
> an annual validity, renewable as long as the requirements specified by the
> policies in force at the time of renewal are met, and especially the
> justification of the need.
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> Therefore, the resources can’t be considered property.
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> The justification of the need, generically in the case of addresses,
> implies their need to directly connect customers. Therefore, the leasing of
> addresses is not considered acceptable, nor does it justify the need, if
> they are not part of a set of services based, at least, on direct
> connectivity.
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> Even in cases of networks not connected to the Internet, the leasing of
> addresses is not admissible, since said sites can request direct
> assignments from ARIN and even in the case of IPv4, use private addresses
> or arrange transfers.
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> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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> Situation in other Regions:
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> In other RIRs, the leasing of addresses is not authorized either and since
> it is not explicit in their policy manuals either, this proposal will be
> presented as well.
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> Nothing is currently mentioned in RIPE about this and it is not acceptable
> as a justification of the need. In AFRINIC, APNIC and LACNIC, the staff has
> confirmed that address leasing is not considered as valid for the
> justification.
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