Draft Policy ARIN-2017-7: Retire Obsolete Section 4 From the NRPM

[ARIN]

On 15 June 2017, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced "ARIN-prop-242: 
Retire Obsolete Section 4 From the NRPM" to Draft Policy status.

Draft Policy ARIN-2017-7 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_7.html

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. 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 Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these 
principles are:

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

The 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,

Sean Hopkins
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)



Draft Policy ARIN-2017-7: Retire Obsolete Section 4 from the NRPM

Problem Statement:

Since IPv4 free pool exhaustion, policy focus has shifted to transfers. 
The community elected, instead of revamping and modernizing section 4 in 
light of this to, instead, recreate the relevant parts of section 4 in 
section 8.5. As a result, section 4 is generally obsolete and can be 
mostly retired. Since some small amounts of space do occasionally 
recreate the free pool, a mechanism for addressing this must remain and 
therefore a much reduced section 4 is proposed here instead of outright 
retirement.

Policy statement:

Replace section 4 of the NRPM with the following:

4. IPv4

4.1 IPv4 Requests

4.1.1 Any new requests for IPv4 addresses allocated or assigned by ARIN 
shall be evaluated based on the criteria for transfer recipients 
contained in section 8.5.

4.1.2 Any approved requests which cannot be met from the ARIN free pool 
shall be handled according to section 4.2.

4.2 Unmet requests

In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of 
sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the 
requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block 
size they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable 
minimum size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block 
is available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single 
block available that fulfills the request. If no such block is 
available, the organization will be provided the option to be placed on 
a waiting list of pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size 
qualified for and the smallest block size acceptable.

Repeated requests are not allowed: an organization may only receive one 
allocation, assignment, or transfer every 3 months, but ARIN, at its 
sole discretion, may waive this requirement if the requester can 
document a change in circumstances since their last request that could 
not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the original request, 
and which now justifies additional space.

Qualified requesters whose request cannot be immediately met will also 
be advised of the availability of the transfer mechanism in section 8.3 
as an alternative mechanism to obtain IPv4 addresses.

4.2.1. Waiting list

The position of each qualified request on the waiting list will be 
determined by the date it was approved. Each organization may have one 
approved request on the waiting list at a time.

4.2.2. Fulfilling unmet needs

As address blocks become available for allocation, ARIN will fulfill 
requests on a first-approved basis, subject to the size of each 
available address block and a timely re-validation of the original 
request. Requests will not be partially filled. Any requests met through 
a transfer will be considered fulfilled and removed from the waiting list.

Comments:

a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate