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<div>On Mar 21, 2023, at 8:33 PM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:</div>
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Worse still: RFC 7020 never explicitly defines Internet Numbers or<br>
Internet Number Resources, the thing section 2.17 is trying to<br>
explain. It defines the "Internet Numbers Registry System.” </div>
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<div>Bill - </div>
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<div>You are correct that the term “Internet Number Resources” are not explicitly defined in RFC7020 – nor is it presently defined in the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM).</div>
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<div>Draft policy ARIN-2022-11 strives to remedy this situation with respect to the ARIN NRPM by introducing the following definition - </div>
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<div><i> “Internet number resources are unique identifiers within the Internet Numbers Registry System [as described in IETF RFC 7020] and this includes ranges (or “blocks”) of contiguous Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses and Autonomous System Numbers (“ASNs”).” </i></div>
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can infer through context that Internet Number Resources are IP<br>
addresses and AS numbers, just as they can with the NRPM, but RFC 7020<br>
never actually says so.</div>
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<div>The very first sentence of RFC 7020 reads as follows - </div>
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<div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>This document provides information about the current Internet Numbers Registry System used in the distribution of globally unique Internet Protocol (IP) address space and autonomous system
(AS) numbers.</i></div>
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<div>making the context obvious and the level of inference necessary rather trivial. </div>
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<div>However, if you believe that the proposed definition can be improved, you should suggest specific wording changes to achieve such (as comments simply suggesting "a competent rewrite” provide no meaningful information for the ARIN AC to use towards improvement
of the draft policy.) Alternatively, if you believe that the policy should not be worked on at all (and instead abandoned), it would be helpful to understand your reasoning for such a perspective. </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>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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