Draft Policy ARIN-2014-21: Modification to CI Pool Size per Section 4.4

[ARIN]

On 20 November 2014 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted 
"ARIN-prop-213 Modification to CI Pool Size per Section 4.4" as a Draft 
Policy.

Draft Policy ARIN-2014-21 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2014_21.html

You are encouraged to discuss the merits and your concerns of Draft
Policy 2014-21 on the Public Policy Mailing List.

The AC will evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance
of this draft policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet Number Resource
Policy as stated in the PDP. Specifically, these principles are:

   * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
   * Technically Sound
   * Supported by the Community

The ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html

Regards,

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


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Draft Policy ARIN-2014-21
Modification to CI Pool Size per Section 4.4

Date: 25 November 2014

Problem Statement:

At the time that this section of policy was written, IXP growth in North 
America was stagnant. Efforts of late have increased significantly 
within the IXP standards and other communities to improve critical 
infrastructure in North America. This effort is paying dividends and we 
project that a /16 will not be enough to continue to improve global 
interconnect conditions and support needed IXP CI infrastructure.

Policy statement:

Change to text in section 4.4 Micro Allocations:

Current text:

ARIN will place an equivalent of a /16 of IPv4 address space in a 
reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4. If at 
the end of the policy term there is unused address space remaining in 
this pool, ARIN staff is authorized to utilize this space in a manner 
consistent with community expectations.

Proposed text to replace current text entirely:

ARIN will place an equivalent of a /15 of IPv4 address space in a 
reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4.

Timetable for implementation: Immediate