Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on Temporary Sub-Assignments

[ARIN]

The following has been revised:

* Draft Policy ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on Temporary Sub-Assignments

Revised text is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2018_4.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-2018-4: Clarification on Temporary Sub-Assignments

Problem Statement:

When the policy was drafted, the concept of assignments/sub-assignments 
did not consider the use of IP addresses in hotspots, or the use of IP 
addresses by guests or employees in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and 
many other similar cases.

Additionally, the IETF has recently approved the use of a unique IPv6 
/64 prefix per interface/host (RFC8273) instead of a unique address. 
This, for example, allows users to connect to a hotspot, receive a /64 
such that they are "isolated" from other users (for reasons of security, 
regulatory requirements, etc.) and they can also use multiple virtual 
machines on their devices with a unique address for each one (within the 
same /64). Section 2.5 (Definitions/Allocate and Assign), explicitly 
prohibits such assignments, stating that assignments and reassignments 
are intended “for the exclusive use of the recipient organization”.

This proposal clarifies this situation in this regard by means of 
additional clarifying language in the Definitions section.

Policy Statement

Actual Text:

2.5. Allocation, Assignment, Reallocation, Reassignment

Allocation - Address space delegated to an organization directly by ARIN 
for the purpose of subsequent distribution by the recipient organization 
to other parties.

Assignment - Address space delegated to an organization directly by ARIN 
for the exclusive use of the recipient organization.

Reallocation - Address space sub-delegated to an organization by an 
upstream provider for the purpose of subsequent distribution by the 
recipient organization to other parties.

Reassignment - Address space sub-delegated to an organization by an 
upstream provider for the exclusive use of the recipient organization.

New Text (Additional language in bold):

2.5. Allocation, Assignment, Reallocation, Reassignment

Allocation - Address space delegated to an organization directly by ARIN 
for the purpose of subsequent distribution by the recipient organization 
to other parties.

Assignment - Address space delegated to an organization directly by ARIN 
for the exclusive use of the recipient organization.

Reallocation - Address space sub-delegated to an organization by an 
upstream provider for the purpose of subsequent distribution by the 
recipient organization to other parties.

Reassignment - Address space sub-delegated to an organization by an 
upstream provider for the exclusive use of the recipient organization.

Note that the incidental or temporary use of address space by third 
parties shall not be considered a reassignment or a violation of the 
exclusive use criterion.

Comments

Timetable for implementation: Immediate

Anything else:

Situation in other regions:

This situation, has already been corrected in RIPE, and the policy was 
updated in a similar way, even if right now there is a small discrepancy 
between the policy text that reached consensus and the RIPE NCC Impact 
Analysis. A new policy proposal has been submitted to amend that, and 
the text is the same as presented by this proposal at ARIN. Same text 
has also been submitted to AfriNIC, LACNIC and APNIC.