[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2024-6: 6.5.1a Definition Update

[ARIN]

On 16 May 2024, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-334: 6.5.1a Definition Update” as a Draft Policy.

Draft Policy ARIN-2024-6 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2024_6

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-2024-6: 6.5.1a Definition Update

Problem Statement:

Section 2.4 of the NRMP defines “A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR that primarily assigns IP addresses to the users of the network services that it provides. LIRs are generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs) whose customers are primarily end users and possibly other ISPs.”  This statement differs from the intention of section 6.5.1a that allows section 6 to use LIR and ISP interchangeably.  This proposal seeks to clarify the text in section 6.

Policy Statement:

Change the text from:

The terms ISP and LIR are used interchangeably in this document and any use of either term shall be construed to include both meanings.

to

The terms ISP and LIR are used interchangeably in this SECTION and any use of either term shall be construed to include both meanings.

Timetable for implementation:  Immediate