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<div>On Aug 22, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Enrique Garcia <<a href="mailto:Enrique.Garcia@sidera.net">Enrique.Garcia@sidera.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> I received an e-mail this morning from a company claiming that IP Space can now be leased.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Was just wondering if this was legal.</span></div>
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Enrique -
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<div> If by "legal", you mean "in compliance with the community number resource</div>
<div> management policy in this region", then perhaps I can provide some insight. </div>
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<div> Internet service providers routinely provide IP address assignments as part </div>
<div> of their Internet services bundle, and those assignments are not permanent</div>
<div> in nature but only for the duration of the service agreement. Many would</div>
<div> consider such assignments to be "leased IP address space". </div>
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<div> Organizations receiving IP address space (as the recipient of a transfer or</div>
<div> via allocations of IP address space from the free pool) as an ISP must meet </div>
<div> the LIR definition (per NRPM 2.4) and that means "primarily assigning address </div>
<div> space to the users of the network services that it provides." End-users </div>
<div> receiving transfers or assignments of IP address space from the free pool </div>
<div> must meet the End-user definition (per NRPM 2.6) during their request which </div>
<div> requires they be receiving space to be used "exclusively for use in its </div>
<div> operational networks."</div>
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<div> Ergo, the "leasing" of recently received space could reasonably raise</div>
<div> concern about whether the request to ARIN for that space was made with</div>
<div> full sincerity, and organizations would be advised not to request to receive</div>
<div> IP address from the free pool or as the recipient of a transfer if their intent</div>
<div> is to "lease" the space rather then use it for their network service customers </div>
<div> (if an ISP) or use it for their own network (if they applied as an end-user.) </div>
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<div> There has been no policy development specifically regarding leasing as an</div>
<div> appropriate/inappropriate use of held IP address space, so ARIN does not </div>
<div> have a position either way (aside from the case above of insuring that </div>
<div> requests to receive additional address space are made in good faith based</div>
<div> on existing definitions of usage.) Obviously, individual Internet service </div>
<div> providers may have their own views on handling of "leased" address space,</div>
<div> depending on any number of factors including registrant and block size.</div>
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<div> I hope this helps somewhat in understanding the situation, recognizing </div>
<div> that it is not likely to be as complete an answer as you would have liked.</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>ARIN</div>
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