LAST CALL - Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2017-13: Remove ARIN Review Requirements for Large IPv4 Reassignments/Reallocations

[ARIN]

The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 18 April 2018 and decided to send 
the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:

ARIN-2017-13: Remove ARIN Review Requirements for Large IPv4 
Reassignments/Reallocations

Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should 
be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 
7 May 2018.

The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/

The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Regards,

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



Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2017-13: Remove ARIN Review Requirements 
for Large IPv4 Reassignments/Reallocations

AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number 
Resource Policy:

The ARIN Advisory Council accepts Draft Policy 2017-13, Remove ARIN 
Review Requirements for Large IPv4 Reassignments/ Reallocations, as a 
Recommended Draft Policy based on its conformance with the Principles of 
Internet Number Resource Policy in the PDP. It enables fair and 
impartial number administration, is technically sound and is supported 
by the community.

Problem Statement:

ARIN review of large IPv4 reassignments or rellocations was put in place 
when ARIN had a free pool of IPv4 addresses. The main purpose of the 
review was to ensure that ISPs were following RFC2050 and ARIN policy 
for large blocks. Since there is no longer a free pool and blocks have a 
value through transfer, there is now a disincentive for ISPs to over 
assign blocks to downstream customers. Thus this policy is no longer needed.

Policy statement:

Remove Section 4.2.3.5 of NRPM

Comments:

Timetable for implementation: Immediate