ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers - version 2

[ARIN]

The proposal originator revised the proposal.

Regards,

Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


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ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers
Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman
Proposal Version: 2
Date: 17 May 2011
Proposal type: new
Policy term: permanent
Policy statement:

Add to Section 8.3 "...they can justify under current ARIN policies
showing how the addresses will be utilized within 12 months."

Remove from 4.2.4.4: "This reduction does not apply to resources
received via section 8.3. An organization receiving a transfer under
section 8.3 may continue to request up to a 12-month supply of IP
addresses."


Rationale:

An organization which is not able to obtain its initial IPv4 address
assignment from ARIN post-runout would otherwise be limited to
purchasing only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4
regarding 8.3 transfers is not triggered).

An organization which has only recently received its first allocation
under the "last /8" criteria is also otherwise limited to purchasing
only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4 is again not
applicable).

There is also ambiguity if 4.2.2.1.3 is applied in that a transfer to
a new organization might only need to show need for a /20 (because that
is what is specifically called out) even though they are receiving a
much larger block.

Previous version of this proposal modified Section 8 to point at 4.2.4,
rather than the shorter and clearer modification to 8.3 now proposed.

There is also ambiguity with regard to transfers under 8.2 where the
receiving organization is a new organization... not at all clear how
"justified need" has been or should be determined, however this proposal
no longer addresses this.



Timetable for implementation: immediate


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> ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers
>
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> Communications and Member Services
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> ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers
>
> Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman
>
> Proposal Version: 1
>
> Date: 2 May 2011
>
> Proposal type: new
>
> Policy term: permanent
>
> Policy statement:
>
> Add a subsection to Section 8 (Transfers) of the NRPM:
>
> "Justified Need" for resources associated with a transfer shall be
> determined using the "4.2.4 ISP Additional Requests" criteria applied as
> though the recipient has been a subscriber member of ARIN for at least
> one year (whether or not that is the case).
>
> Rationale:
>
> An organization which is not able to obtain its initial IPv4 address
> assignment from ARIN post-runout would otherwise be limited to
> purchasing only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4
> regarding 8.3 transfers is not triggered).
>
> An organization which has only recently received its first allocation
> under the "last /8" criteria is also otherwise limited to purchasing
> only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4 is again not
> applicable).
>
> There is also ambiguity if 4.2.2.1.3 is applied in that a transfer to
> a new organization might only need to show need for a /20 (because that
> is what is specifically called out) even though they are receiving a
> much larger block.
>
> There is also ambiguity with regard to transfers under 8.2 where the
> receiving organization is a new organization... not at all clear how
> "justified need" has been or should be determined.
>
> Timetable for implementation: immediate
>
>