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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>1. Policy Proposal Name: IPv4 Transfer Policy
Change to Keep Whois Accurate</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>2. Proposal Originator:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> a. Name: Mike
Burns</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> b. Email:
</FONT><A href="mailto:mike@sum.net"><FONT size=4
face=Fixedsys>mike@sum.net</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> c. Phone:
1-863-494-7692 x105</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> d. Organization:
Nationwide Computer Systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>3. Proposal Version: 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>4. Date: May 11th, 2011</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>5. Proposal type: modify</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>6. Policy term: permanent</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>7. Policy statement:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>Replace Section 8.3 with </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>8.3 ARIN will process and record IPv4 address
transfer requests.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>Conditions on the IPv4 address
block:<BR><BR> - The minimum transfer size is a
/24<BR><BR> - The address block must be in the range of
addresses administered<BR>
by ARIN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>Conditions on source of the
transfer:<BR><BR> - The source entity must be the current
rights holder of the<BR> IPv4 address resources,
and not be involved in any dispute as to<BR> the
status of those resources.<BR><BR> - The source entity will be
ineligible to receive any further IPv4<BR> address
allocations or assignments from ARIN for a period of
12<BR> months after the transfer, or until the
exhaustion of ARIN's<BR> IPv4 space, whichever
occurs first.</FONT></DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <FONT
face=Fixedsys> - The source entity must not have received an
allocation from ARIN for the 12 months prior to the
transfer.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><BR> Conditions on recipient
of the transfer:<BR><BR> - The recipient entity must be a
current ARIN account holder.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> - The recipient must
sign an RSA with ARIN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4
face=Fixedsys> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Fixedsys> - The recipient entity of the
transferred resources will be subject<BR> to
current ARIN policies. In particular, in any subsequent ARIN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys><FONT size=4> IPv4
address allocation request, the recipient will be
required<BR> to account for the efficient
utilization of all IPv4 address<BR> space held,
including all transferred resources.<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=2 face=Fixedsys>and request the AC to modify
section 8 of the current RSA to remove references to "intended
purposes."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=2 face=Fixedsys> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=2 face=Fixedsys>Replace</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=2>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>ARIN may review, at any time, Applicant’s use of
previously allocated or assigned number resources or Services received from ARIN
to determine if Applicant is complying with this Agreement and the Policies and
is using the Services for their intended purposes. Without limiting the
foregoing, if Applicant is a holder of a direct allocation or assignment from
ARIN, Applicant agrees that it will use the number resources solely for uses
consistent with its application and this Agreement, including, for example, its
internal infrastructure or to provide Internet access to its customer base. If
ARIN determines that the number resources or any other Services are not being
used in compliance with this Agreement, the Policies, or the purposes for which
they are intended, ARIN may: (i) revoke the number resources; (ii) cease
providing the Services to Applicant; and/or (iii) terminate this Agreement.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>with</FONT></P><FONT size=2 face=Fixedsys>
<P>ARIN may review, at any time, any Applicant’s use of previously allocated or
assigned number resources or Services received from ARIN to determine if
Applicant is complying with this Agreement and the Policies. Without
limiting the foregoing, if Applicant is a holder of a direct allocation or
direct assignment from ARIN, Applicant agrees that it will use the number
resources solely for uses consistent with this Agreement, including, for
example, its internal infrastructure or to provide Internet access to its
customer base. If ARIN determines that the number resources or any other
Services are not being used in compliance with this Agreement or the Policies,
ARIN may: (i) revoke the number resources; (ii) cease providing the Services to
Applicant; and/or (iii) terminate this Agreement.</P>
<P>and add to the NRPM Section 12:</P>
<P>10. ARIN will not use utilization as a measure of policy
compliance for addresses transferred under 8.3.</P>
<P></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Fixedsys><FONT size=4><BR></FONT><FONT
size=2>8. Rationale: </FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys>Current ARIN policies relating to the registration of
transfer of<BR>address holdings limit the eligibility of registration of
transfers to<BR>those relating to mergers and acquisitions of entities that
are<BR>administering an operational network, or to those who agree to
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys>sign either an RSA or LRSA with ARIN and subject the
buyer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys>to needs analysis and the seller to a potential ARIN
review under RSA section 8.<BR><BR>It is currently anticipated that the IPv4
unallocated address pool<BR>will be exhausted within a couple of years at
ARIN, and earlier </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys>than that in other regions, and the transition to
IPv6-based service delivery<BR>is likely to take longer than the remaining
period of unallocated<BR>address availability. Accordingly, it is likely that
demand for IPv4<BR>addresses will continue beyond the time of unallocated
address pool<BR>exhaustion, leading to a period of movement of IPv4 address
blocks<BR>between address holders to meet such continuing demand for
IPv4<BR>address blocks.<BR><BR>The underlying proposition behind this policy
proposal is that the<BR>registry of IPv4 addresses operated by ARIN is of
general utility and<BR>value only while it accurately describes the current
state of address<BR>distribution. If a class of address movement transactions
are excluded<BR>from being entered in the registry, then the registry will
have<BR>decreasing value to the broader community, and the integrity of
the<BR>network itself is thereby compromised. This proposal's central aim
is<BR>to ensure the continuing utility and value of the ARIN address<BR>registry
by allowing the registry to record transactions where IPv4<BR>addresses are
transfered between ARIN account holders.<BR><BR>It proposes that ARIN will
recognise and register a transfer of<BR>addresses where the parties to the
transfer are 'known' to ARIN and<BR>that the address block being transferred is
part of ARIN's current address set.<BR><BR>The proposal does not prescribe
how such transfers may occur, nor<BR>impose any further constraints on the
transfer or on the parties<BR>involved other than those described in this
proposal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Fixedsys>9. Timetable for implementation:
immediate.</FONT></DIV>
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