Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2014-22: Removal of Minimum in Section 4.10

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Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2014-22
Removal of Minimum in Section 4.10

On 19 March 2015 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) recommended
ARIN-2014-22 for adoption, making it a Recommended Draft Policy.

ARIN-2014-22 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2014_22.html

You are encouraged to discuss Draft Policy 2014-22 on the PPML prior to
the upcoming ARIN Public Policy Consultation at ARIN 35 in San Francisco 
in April 2015. Both the discussion on the list and at the meeting will 
be used by the ARIN Advisory Council to determine the community 
consensus for adopting this as policy.

The ARIN Policy Development Process 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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Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2014-22
Removal of Minimum in Section 4.10

Date: 25 November 2014

AC's assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number 
Resource Policy:

This proposal is technically sound in that it ensures the minimum 
allocation from a section 4.10 (Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 
Deployment) is large enough to be widely accepted on the public Internet 
today. This policy received community and operator support on the public 
policy mailing list and at the February Nanog PPM from many who believe 
that prefixes smaller than /24 will not propagate widely. This proposal 
enables fair and impartial number resource administration by being 
applied to all that request a section 4.10 allocation.

Problem Statement:

The current section 4.10 Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 
Deployment creates an issue where a small new organization that requires 
an IPv4 allocation or assignment would potentially receive a block that 
today would be unroutable and therefore unusable for it intended purposes.

Policy statement:

Change

"This block will be subject to a minimum size allocation of /28 and a 
maximum size allocation of /24. ARIN should use sparse allocation when 
possible within that /10 block."

To

"This block will be subject to an allocation of /24. ARIN should use 
sparse allocation when possible within that /10 block."

Timetable for implementation: Immediate

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ARIN STAFF ASSESSMENT

Draft Policy ARIN-2014-22
Removal of Minimum in Section 4.10
Date of Assessment: 20 Feb 2015

1. Summary (Staff Understanding)
This proposal will modify existing policy NRPM 4.10 Dedicated IPv4 block 
to facilitate IPv6 deployment. The current policy sets the minimum 
allocation size as /28 to a maximum of /24. This proposal changes the 
allocation size to simply be a /24 with no maximum or minimum.

2. Comments

A. ARIN Staff Comments

• ARIN has issued one /24 from this reserved pool to date.
• This proposal can be implemented as written.

B. ARIN General Counsel - Legal Assessment

• Counsel sees no material legal issue with this proposal.

3. Resource Impact

This policy would have minimal resource impact from an implementation 
aspect. It is estimated that implementation would occur within 3 months 
after ratification by the ARIN Board of Trustees. The following would be 
needed in order to implement:
· Updated guidelines and internal procedures
· Staff training

4. Proposal/Draft Policy Text Assessed
Draft Policy ARIN-2014-22
Removal of Minimum in Section 4.10
Date: 25 November 2014
Problem Statement:
The current section 4.10 Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 
Deployment creates an issue where a small new organization that requires 
an IPv4 allocation or assignment would potentially receive a block that 
today would be unroutable and therefore unusable for it intended purposes.

Policy statement:
Change
"This block will be subject to a minimum size allocation of /28 and a 
maximum size allocation of /24. ARIN should use sparse allocation when 
possible within that /10 block."
To
"This block will be subject to an allocation of /24. ARIN should use 
sparse allocation when possible within that /10 block."
Timetable for implementation: Immediate