[arin-ppml] Revised - ARIN-2024-7: Addition of Definitions for General and Special Purpose IP Addresses

[Tyler O'Meara]

That example change has a typo, it should be 


"Section 4.3.2

Change paragraph 1 text
FROM: “End-user organizations without an IPv4 allocation from ARIN qualify
for an initial allocation of ARIN’s minimum allocation size.”
TO: “End-user organizations without a non-Defined Purpose IPv4 allocation from
ARIN qualify for an initial allocation of ARIN’s minimum allocation size.”

(Note: "non-Defined Purpose" can be replaced with "General Purpose" if we choose
to define that as well.)

The intent is to correct the NRPM to match current ARIN behavior, which is to
ignore Defined Purpose IP addresses when considering requests for General
Purpose IP addresses. This is not the only place where the NRPM and ARIN
practice differ when it comes to ignoring Defined Purpose IPs, and there are
some places where the NRPM exempts some Defined Purpose IPs but not others
(presumably due to oversight, rather than intentionally).

Tyler


On Mon, 2025-03-17 at 10:21 -0700, Roman Tatarnikov wrote:
> This wordsmithing appears not to solve any current or potential issues, but it
> also would create some complications.
> 
> First, the definition of "Reserved IP Address". Some people will get confused
> by it, others will insist on using different terminology and we will see new
> proposals for it.
> 
> Second, it adds constrains on qualification for initial allocation. The market
> already dictates this and while I don't see the situation changing, if does
> change, we will either going to have to update NRPM or be constrained by it.
> 
> Current definition is quiet ubiquitous and I see no reason moving forward with
> this changes.
> 
> > "Section 4.3.2
> > 
> > Change paragraph 1 text
> > FROM: “End-user organizations without an IPv4 allocation from ARIN qualify
> > for
> > an initial allocation of ARIN’s minimum allocation size.”
> > TO: “End-user organizations without a Reserved (or Defined Purpose) IPv4
> > allocation
> > from ARIN qualify for an initial allocation of ARIN’s minimum allocation
> > size.”"
>