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

[ARIN]

On 15 March 2018 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following 
Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status:

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

The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_13.html

You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML 
prior to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation 
(PPC). PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when 
determining community consensus.

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)



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