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Roman"">ARIN has issued its initial response to ACSP
Suggestion 2012.8. The suggestion and response text are provided
below. This suggestion is now closed and is available at: </span><span
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Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-8.html">https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-8.html</a></span><span
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Suggestion: <br>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white">I suggest
that the officer attestation of accuracy already required for
every request of address space be broadened in the case of an
IPv4-only applicant (an applicant requesting IPv4 who does not
have a previous IPv6 assignment/allocation) to include
acknowledgement of IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 requirements. It
should include specific acknowledgement of facts like the state of
IPv4 free pools (IANA empty, ARIN approaching exhaustion, etc) and
the IETF published best practice that all nodes require both IPv4
and IPv6 capabilities (RFC 6540 - IPv6 Support Required for All
IP-Capable Nodes), and other similar facts.<br>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white">Thank you for
your suggestion numbered 2012.8 upon confirmed receipt.<br>
<br>
Just so that you are aware, ARIN has been sending a message very
similar to the one you have suggested in all of the initial
responses we send back to our IPv4 requestors. Interestingly
enough, the majority of requestors are reading this and responding
back to ARIN. Unfortunately, many of the responses say that
although they are aware of the impending IPv4 depletion, they just
aren't ready to deploy IPv6 in their networks for a variety of
reasons.<br>
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It would be good to get this message out to not only the people
who run the network, but also to the people who are responsible
for running the company. Therefore, ARIN will add this same
message to all of our officer attestations as you have suggested,
starting immediately.<br>
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Thank you for participating in the ARIN Consultation and
Suggestion Process. This suggestion is now closed.<br>
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