[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-5: Clarify justification requirements for 4.4, 4.10, 6.10, and 11.10 IP addresses

Mon Jul 14 12:34:32 EDT 2025

First, the problem statement is a little misleading; there is no section
11.10, you are adding a section 11.10. Experimental allocations should
not be strictly limited to the ARIN region. Organizations receiving an
experimental allocation need to demonstrate a nexus to the ARIN region as
specified in section 9. Furthermore, I hope experiments include
participation globally and not solely from within the ARIN region. The new
language confuses the situation more than clarifying it.

Additionally, allocations from 4.4 and 6.10 are sufficiently covered by the
requirements of section 9 as well. For example, if a critical
infrastructure provider meets the requirements of section 9 and wants to
use an allocation solely outside of the ARIN region, that should be
possible. That is the intent of section 9.

However, Section 4.10 probably needs something. But the current language is
unacceptably restrictive, as it strictly requires use within the ARIN
region. The requirement should be that the IPv4 allocation from 4.10 must
be in support of an ARIN IPv6 allocation or reassignment made within the
ARIN database. If the IPv6 allocation or reassignment is used outside of
the ARIN region in compliance with section 9, the 4.10 allocation should be
equally capable of being used outside the ARIN region. However, 4.10
allocations should not be made based on IPv6 allocation or reassignment
from another RIR.

Thanks

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM Pellak, Kaitlyn via ARIN-PPML <
arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:

> Hi Martin,
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> Appreciate your feedback. Just to be clear, in your view there are no
> revisions to the policy language that would make this proposal more
> palatable?
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> I want to make sure this isn’t a case where we could wordsmith the policy
> to prevent conflicts with section 9, or be more specific in the language
> that applies to each section.
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> Thanks,
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> Kaitlyn
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> Kaitlyn Pellak
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> Amazon – Technical Business Developer II
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> *From: *ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net> on behalf of Martin
> Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
> *To: *ARIN <info at arin.net>
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> *Subject: *RE: [EXTERNAL] [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-5: Clarify
> justification requirements for 4.4, 4.10, 6.10, and 11.10 IP addresses
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> - not in favor
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> Poor policy writing to stamp multiple sections with boilerplate and set up
> future conflict with Section 9 - and bloat the NRPM additionally.
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> Warm regards,
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> -M>
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> On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 14:35 ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
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> On 26 June 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-344:
> Clarify justification requirements for 4.4, 4.10, 6.10, and 11.10 IP
> addresses” as Draft Policy.
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2025-5 is below and can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_5
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> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
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> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
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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-2025-5: Clarify justification requirements for 4.4,
> 4.10, 6.10, and 11.10 IP addresses
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> Problem Statement:
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> The NRPM text is ambiguous about whether out of region use cases can
> justify requests for IP addresses allocated under 4.4, 4.10, 6.10, and
> 11.10, as well as whether these IP Addresses impact justification
> requirements for normal IP addresses. This change codifies ARIN Staff's
> current practices to remove this ambiguity, removing a source of confusion
> for resource requesters.
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> Policy statement:
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> Add the following to 4.4:
> Justifications for resources under this section must be for use within the
> ARIN service region. Resources issued under this section may also be used
> out of
> region if that use is consistent with the in-region justification (for
> example, global Anycast). Resources issued under this section have no
> impact on the justification or utilization requirements for requests under
> any other section.
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> Add the following to 4.10:
> Justifications for resources under this section must be for use within the
> ARIN service region. Resources issued under this section may also be used
> out of region if that use is consistent with the in-region justification
> (for example, global Anycast). Resources issued under this section have no
> impact on the justification or utilization requirements for requests under
> any other section.
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> Add the following to 6.10:
> Justifications for resources under this section must be for use within the
> ARIN service region. Resources issued under this section may also be used
> out of region if that use is consistent with the in-region justification
> (for example, global Anycast). Resources issued under this section have no
> impact on the justification or utilization requirements for requests under
> any other section.
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> Add Section 11.10:
> Justifications for resources under this section must be for use within the
> ARIN service region. Resources issued under this section may also be used
> out of region if that use is consistent with the in-region justification
> (for example, global Anycast). Resources issued under this section have no
> impact on the justification or utilization requirements for requests under
> any other section.
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> Time Table for Implementation: Immediate
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