Policy Proposal 123: Reserved Pool for Critical Infrastructure

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Policy Proposal 123: Reserved Pool for Critical Infrastructure

Proposal Originator: Martin Hannigan

Proposal Version: 1.0

Date: 19 Nov 2010

Proposal type: Temporary

Policy term: October 20, 2011 00:00 UTC

Policy statement:

Upon receipt of the last /8 that the IANA will allocate to ARIN per the
Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space,
ARIN will place a contiguous /20 in reserve for Critical Infrastructure.

Rationale:

During the attempted fix of Section 4.10 we had consensus that 4.10 was
insufficient and potentially damaging and unbalanced with respect to
transition efforts. In order to enable the community to work to fix this
problem in a responsible manner, we need to insure that we do not break
the Internet or cause unnecessary hardship or cost to underserved
markets. This policy will protect those resources with a reasonable
amount of reserved v4 address space.

This proposal should be considered an emergency proposal. IANA
exhaustion is likely to occur prior to the next ARIN meeting.

Timetable for implementation: Immediate