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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Proposal 2010-3 fails to meet the spirit, if not
the letter of the Policy Development Process that instructs proposers to "make
a clear and concise policy statement that is unambiguous and actionable"
that "will ideally fit right into the Number Resource Policy Manual".
A quick analysis follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:.2in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Concise:
a model of brevity using only 47 words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:.2in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Actionable:
requests a new policy, but no changes to existing policy language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:.2in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Ambiguity:
conflicts with NPRM 3.3 [1] and RSA 5. (b). [2]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:.2in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Clarity:
does not clearly state who can request “actual customer
information”; who that request is made to; uses a term of art
“strictest confidence” that is open to broad interpretation; and
does not clearly state who is required to maintain that confidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>As written, Proposal 2010-3 is far from
“ideal”. If the requested action (add the proposal text as a new
policy) is taken, the NPRM becomes self-contradictory or at best ambiguous.
Substituting an ISP's contact information for a customer's will
institutionalize as acceptable, inaccurate WHOIS information in direct
contravention to the RSA. Resolving these ambiguities will require changes to
other ARIN polices and the RSA yet this proposal does not specify what those
changes should be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The rationale provided for Proposal 2010-3 does
not articulate a specific problem as suggested in Appendix B of the PDP.
Rather, it informs us that customer lists are proprietary assets that any good
business would zealously protect. It goes on to suggest that current ARIN
agreement and policy requirements “invites competitors and others to
solicit both individuals and companies” “contrary to good business
practices”.. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The problem, if any, as articulated in the
rationale is that the petitioner knowingly entered into an agreement but failed
to exercise good business judgment or the petitioner was unaware of ARIN
policies and long-standing Internet practice of providing and publishing the
information in question. In either case, this is not the forum to address such
a failure or lack of knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Proposal 2010-3 is a solution in search of a
problem, and as articulated above, fails to meet the reasonable criteria for a
policy as established by the PDP and consequently should not be adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>As a final comment, Proposal 2010-3 should not
be adopted “on the merits”. Others have argued against it on those
grounds and repeating those arguments would needlessly consume yet more of our
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>[1] NPRM 3.3 that states "Organizations may
designate certain points of contact as private from ARIN WHOIS, with the
exception that, at the minimum, one point of contact must be viewable.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>[2] RSA 5. (b) places a responsibility on the
Applicant (ISP) "for the timely and accurate maintenance of directory
services data (WHOIS), as well as data concerning any organization to which it
further sub-delegates number resources". <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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