[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2024-4: Internet Exchange Point Definition

[ARIN]

On 16 May 2024, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-332: Internet Exchange Point Definition” as a Draft Policy.

Draft Policy ARIN-2024-4 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2024_4

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:

* 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,

Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


Draft Policy ARIN-2024-4: Internet Exchange Point Definition

Problem Statement:

The term “Internet Exchange Point” appears in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) as an entity eligible for special allocations and treatment but is not clearly defined. This proposal seeks to define the term as it relates to ARIN policies.

Policy Statement:

2.18 Internet Exchange Point: 

An Internet Exchange Point, also known as an Exchange Point, Internet Exchange, IX, IXP or NAP, is a shared, physical, Ethernet switching fabric used by three or more autonomous systems for the exchange of data destined for and between their respective networks. 

Comments: None

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate