[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons

[John Curran]

David –

Answers below, inline. 

> On Jun 4, 2025, at 11:48 AM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thanks John,
> 
> Some follow-up questions;
> 
> 1. Is there a reassignment mechanism for ASNs? I'm not aware of one. A natural person not operating a business can obtain IP addresses from an ISP/LIR and expect them to be reassigned to them for their use. But how does a natural person not operating a business obtain an ASN for their use? This seems like a hole in the system.

An ISP can request an ASN for their customer to use and create a ROA for it (or the customer can use private ASN if their ISP supports such.)

> 2. If a natural person is not operating a business, and their only relationship to ARIN is indirectly through an ISP or LIR, what about portability, and what happens if the ISP/LIR goes bankrupt? If we do not allow a direct relationship between ARIN and natural persons not operating a business, then the system needs some mechanism to support ISP/LIR portability and protections for ISP/LIR bankruptcy.

The number resources are issued to the ISP/LIR, not the individual, and control over the number resources remains with ISP even if reassigned/reallocated in registry. 

If the ISP/LIR goes bankrupt, the ISP's number resources are contractual rights that are treated as assets of their estate and handled according to standard bankruptcy procedures, subject to ARIN’s transfer policies.   

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers