[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2023-3: Amendment of the waitlist agreement to include a restriction on leasing

[Owen DeLong]

Other than provider independent addresses (direct assignments from an RIR), virtually all IP addresses are intended for some form of leasing.

Traditionally, this has been a model of leasing which inherently came with services which included the delivering of packets.

As written, this policy would preclude ISPs from acquiring addresses from the wait list and using them for reassignment to customers (which is, like it or not, a form of lease).

I do not believe the benefits of such a policy outweigh the likely unintended consequences.

Owen


> On Jun 20, 2023, at 08:54, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
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> On 15 June 2023, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-321: Amendment of the waitlist agreement to include a restriction on leasing” as a Draft Policy.
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2023-3 is below and can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2023_3
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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
> * Technically Sound
> * 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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> Regards,
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> Eddie Diego
> Policy Analyst
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2023-3: Amendment of the waitlist agreement to include a restriction on leasing
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> Problem Statement:
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> Currently section 4.18 prohibits the transfer of waitlist space for a period of 60 months.  However, there are no restrictions on leasing out the space immediately after obtaining it from the waitlist.
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> Policy statement:
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> Modify the current text in 4.18 from:
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> ARIN will only issue future IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding 4.4 and 4.10 space) from the ARIN Waitlist. The maximum size aggregate that an organization may qualify for at any one time is a /22. Organizations will be able to elect a smaller block size than they qualify for down to a /24. Organizations which hold more than a /20 equivalent of IPv4 space in aggregate (exclusive of special use space received under section 4.4 or 4.10) are not eligible to apply. Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months. This policy will be applied to all future distributions from the waitlist to include those currently listed.
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> to
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> ARIN will only issue future IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding 4.4 and 4.10 space) from the ARIN Waitlist. The maximum size aggregate that an organization may qualify for at any one time is a /22. Organizations will be able to elect a smaller block size than they qualify for down to a /24. Organizations which hold more than a /20 equivalent of IPv4 space in aggregate (exclusive of special use space received under section 4.4 or 4.10) are not eligible to apply. Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for lease or transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months. This policy will be applied to all future distributions from the waitlist to include those currently listed.
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> Comments: None
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> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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