[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2022-8: Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language

[Owen DeLong]

> Draft Policy ARIN-2022-8: Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language
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> Problem Statement:
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> Section 11 of the NRPM contains a great deal of language that is either explicitly not policy, or is not impactful on ARIN’s administration of Internet number resources for experimental allocations, or to the customers requesting said resources. A revision to transform Section 11 into a collection of policies for experimental allocations serves to make the Section more easily digested by the reader, and a more functional reference for customers and ARIN staff during experimental allocation requests.

I’m not completely convinced this is a real problem, but not inherently opposed to cleaning it up, either. The language has been in place for a long time and a review is probably overdue.

> Policy statement:
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> Section 11 Overview
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> Proposed text:
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> 11. Experimental Internet Resource Allocations
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> ARIN will allocate Number Resources to organizations requiring temporary Number Resources for a fixed period of time under the terms of a recognized experimental activity.

No problems with this change.
 
> Section 11.1
> Proposed text:
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> 11.1. Eligibility Criteria for Recognized Experimental Activity
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> The eligibility criteria for a recognized experimental activity under this policy are:

Note: I cleaned up the line breaks for the bullets, they arrived as a single wrapped line.

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> • The experiment’s description and objectives are published in a publicly accessible document, which for the purposes of this policy means that the document is readily available free of charge to the public, and free of any constraints of disclosure within one year after the end of the experiment;

Suggest “…disclosure from application until at least one year after the end of the resources have been returned at the end of the experiment;”

As worded, the time period required is not entirely clear and use of “within” seems contradictory to the intent.

> • The experiment’s outcomes must also be published in a publicly accessible document;

Suggest instead: “The experiment’s outcomes must also be published under the same terms as the previous bullet as they become available. In no case should the publication of results be available for less than one year after first publication.”

> • Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically sound; and

> • Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically coordinated in that consideration of any potential negative impact of the proposed experiment on the operation of the Internet and its deployed services has been considered, and a description of experimenter mitigation plans to contain any negative impacts has been provided.

OK. I think some word smithing might be in order, but I don’t have a better proposal at this time.
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> Retire Sections 11.2 and 11.3
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> Section 11.4
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> 11.4. Resource Allocation Term and Renewal
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> The Number Resources are allocated for a period of one year under this policy. The allocation can be renewed on application to ARIN prior to the expiry of the one-year period providing information as to why an extension is necessary for a successful experiment. The resources allocated under this policy must be returned to ARIN at the earliest of: (1)the recognized experimental activity has ended; and (2) the end of the one-year period and any extension thereof.

I’m fine with this.
 
> Section 11.5
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> Proposed text:
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> 11.5. Single Resource Allocation per Experiment
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> ARIN will make only one allocation per recognized experiment. An allocation may consist of multiple Number Resources if required to conduct the recognized activity. Additional allocations to an organization already holding experimental activity resources will not be made under this policy unless justified by a subsequent complete application relating to a different experimental activity.

This seems like a significant improvement.

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> Retire Section 11.6
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> Section 11.7
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> Proposed text:
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> 11.7. Resource Allocation Guidelines
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> The Number Resources requested come from the global Internet Resource space, shall not overlap any currently assigned space, and shall not be from private or other non-routable Number Resource space. The allocation size shall be consistent with existing ARIN minimum allocation sizes, unless smaller allocations are explicitly required due to the nature of the experiment. If an organization requires more resources than stipulated by the minimum allocation size in force at the time of its request, the request must clearly describe and justify why a larger allocation is required. All research allocations must be registered publicly in ARIN’s directory services. Each research allocation will be designated as a research allocation with a comment indicating when the allocation will end.

OK

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> Section 11.8
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> Current text:
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> Proposed text:
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> 11.8. Commercial Use Prohibited
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> If there is any evidence that the temporary resource is being used for commercial purposes or is being used for any activities not documented in the original experiment description provided to ARIN, ARIN reserves the right to immediately withdraw the resource.

OK

In general support the policy, but hope that the suggested mods or something similar can be incorporated.

Owen


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