From info at arin.net Wed Nov 5 16:14:45 2025 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:14:45 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-Suggestions] One New Suggestion Received Message-ID: One new suggestion has been received (2025.8). You may find the new suggestion and link in full below. Regards, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ----- ACSP Suggestion 2025.8: Make Commit Messages to the NRPM Gitlab More Informative https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/suggestions/2025/2025-08/ Author: Adair Thaxton Description: Make commit messages to the NRPM Gitlab more informative Value to Community: I have been pointed to the NRPM in Gitlab as a way to track historical changes to the NRPM. However, the commit messages (https://bitbucket.org/arin-rir/number-resource-policy-manual/commits/branch/master) do not tell me what changes are actually being made, only what version is current. If we intend for the Gitlab to be able to provide historical context, it?s currently not really easy to find that information. For example, during discussion of Draft Policy ARIN-2025-6, I went to the Gitlab to see the history of the phrase ?provider assignment unit? in section 6.5.2.1. I checked the commit messages to see if I could tell when this section was added or updated, but the sections that have been changed in each commit are not listed. Please consider the community?s ability to track changes to specific policies when committing changes to NRPM. Adding specific policies that are being reflected in commits would help too, but specifying policy changes would be very helpful. Status: Confirmed From info at arin.net Wed Nov 12 11:36:14 2025 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:36:14 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-Suggestions] New Response from ARIN for Suggestion 2025.7 Message-ID: <43DA1285-A6C7-4736-A93F-DD19AA7D7CBC@arin.net> A new response from ARIN has been posted for Suggestion 2025.7. Find the original suggestion and latest response from ARIN below. Regards, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- ACSP Suggestion 2025.7: ARIN Service Dependencies and Business Resilience https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/suggestions/2025/2025-07/ Author: Ramakant Pandrangi Submitted On: 28 October 2025 Description: Inquiry about ARIN Service Dependencies and Business Resilience Value to Community: As an organization providing critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services that significantly relies on ARIN?s services, we deeply value ARIN?s continued leadership in supporting the stability and security of the Internet ecosystem. Verisign holds and manages a significant allocation of ARIN?s number resources, including Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), IP Addresses, and the associated IRR and RPKI objects. As such, our services and operations and the global internet depend directly on the reliability and resilience of ARIN?s system and services. Across our operations, we invest considerable effort in reducing systemic and circular dependencies within the internet infrastructure that underpin our own services, including our disaster recovery and business resiliency functions. We recognize that ARIN?s role as an operator of essential internet infrastructure, including the increasing adoption and reliance of RPKI, continues to grow in both scope and operational significance for global internet systems. Given this role, we request the following. Service Dependency and Transparency Publish documentation of ARIN?s core service dependencies, including any reliance of external platforms (CDN), service providers, or other infrastructure to enhance member understanding of ARIN?s potential systemic risk and dependency. This information should be reported by service offering, including, but not limited to, items such as member portal, RPKI CA, RPKI Publishing Servers, IRR servers. Dependencies may include DNS, CDN, IP addresses, BGP routes, IP Service Providers, and any other service chain dependencies. Change Management and Member Notification Commit to previewing material operational or architectural changes to ARIN?s core services with members prior to implementation. Members may have direct impact from future architectural changes and should be made aware of such changes within a reasonable timeframe. This would enable relying parties to assess downstream impacts and make appropriate accommodation within their infrastructure. The long-term organizational planning by members will benefit from knowledge shared regarding material operational and architectural changes at ARIN. Resilience and Continuity Practices Provide high-level visibility into ARIN?s business continuity and disaster recovery framework, including service restoration objectives (RTO/RPO) and operational continuity planning for critical systems including the Registry Database, Whois, RDAP, IRR, and RPKI services. This enhances confidence and preparedness by providing members clearer insight into ARIN?s service resilience, allowing members to better plan for and respond to potential disruption. We appreciate ARIN?s consideration of this request and welcome the opportunity to collaborate in defining a practical framework that supports the long-term stability of the internet ecosystem we collectively maintain. Status: Open ARIN Response: Thank you for your suggestion, numbered 2025.7 upon confirmed receipt, requesting that ARIN enhance documentation and procedures related to our core service dependencies, change management, and resilience practices. We recognize ARIN?s unique and critical role in Internet infrastructure and the importance of transparency and resilience for our customers? operations. ARIN is developing a plan to document key service dependencies, clarify change-management practices, and outline our resilience and continuity objectives. Once finalized, we intend to present this work to the community for feedback and validation. This suggestion will remain open pending implementation. Thank you for participating in ARIN?s Consultation and Suggestion Process. From info at arin.net Fri Nov 21 14:25:47 2025 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:25:47 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-Suggestions] New Response from ARIN for Suggestion 2025.8 Message-ID: <180F0160-01BD-4340-A548-AA813B709B43@arin.net> A new response from ARIN has been posted for Suggestion 2025.8. Find the original suggestion and latest response from ARIN below. Regards, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ----- ACSP Suggestion 2025.8: Make Commit Messages to the NRPM Gitlab More Informative https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/suggestions/2025/2025-08/ Author: Adair Thaxton??? Description: Make commit messages to the NRPM Gitlab more informative Value to Community: I have been pointed to the NRPM in Gitlab as a way to track historical changes to the NRPM. However, the commit messages (https://bitbucket.org/arin-rir/number-resource-policy-manual/commits/branch/master) do not tell me what changes are actually being made, only what version is current. If we intend for the Gitlab to be able to provide historical context, it?s currently not really easy to find that information. For example, during discussion of Draft Policy ARIN-2025-6, I went to the Gitlab to see the history of the phrase ?provider assignment unit? in section 6.5.2.1. I checked the commit messages to see if I could tell when this section was added or updated, but the sections that have been changed in each commit are not listed. Please consider the community?s ability to track changes to specific policies when committing changes to NRPM. Adding specific policies that are being reflected in commits would help too, but specifying policy changes would be very helpful. Status: Confirmed Response from ARIN: Thank you for your suggestion, numbered 2025.8 upon confirmed receipt, asking that ARIN make the commit messages to the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) in GitLab more informative. The initial implementation was completed in response to Suggestion 2018.1: Revision Management System for NRPM (https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/suggestions/2018/2018-1/) to provide a simple web-based method to compare versions. We understand that your request aims to improve the ability to track the history of specific sections and phrases in the NRPM by having commit messages that more clearly describe what has changed. ARIN is investigating and assessing the options for providing this information in GitLab. This suggestion will remain open pending a determination on the viability of this request. Thank you for participating in ARIN?s Consultation and Suggestion Process.