[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2022-12: Direct Assignment

[Leif Sawyer]

owen at delong.com<mailto:owen at delong.com>  writes:
> info at arin.net<mailto:info at arin.net> writes:
>>
>> Policy Statement:
>> Section 3.6.3:
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>> Change paragraph 1 text
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>> FROM: “This policy applies to every Organization that has a direct assignment, direct allocation, or AS number from ARIN”
>>
>> TO: “This policy applies to every Organization that has Internet number resources registered with ARIN"
>>
>> RESULT: “This policy applies to every Organization that has Internet number resources registered with ARIN (or one of its predecessor registries) or a reallocation from an upstream ISP.”
>
>
> I believe as worded, this has the unintended consequence of adding effect to registered reassignments.
>
> If that is the intent (significant change of actual policy) vs. adopting existing policy language to match existing behavior in new circumstances
> (as stated in the problem statement), then that’s fine, but it should be clearly stated as the intent.
>
> If that is not the intent (and I suspect it is not), some wordsmithing is in order.

Owen,

The complete text for 3.6.3 currently reads:
"This policy applies to every Organization that has a direct assignment, direct allocation, or AS number from ARIN (or one of its predecessor registries) or a reallocation from an upstream ISP. This includes but is not limited to upstream ISPs and their downstream ISP customers (as defined by NRPM 2.5 and 2.6), but not reassignments made to their downstream end user customers."

The effect of the proposed policy change would then render out the text as:
“This policy applies to every Organization that has Internet number resources registered with ARIN (or one of its predecessor registries) or a reallocation from an upstream ISP. This includes but is not limited to upstream ISPs and their downstream ISP customers (as defined by NRPM 2.5 and 2.6), but not reassignments made to their downstream end user customers."

Given the exclusion of reassignments at the end of the policy paragraph remains intact, do you still see any unintended consequences?

Leif


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