Draft Policy ARIN-2019-4: Allow Inter-regional IPv6 Resource Transfers

[ARIN]

On 21 March 2019, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted 
"ARIN-prop-263: Allow Inter-regional IPv6 Resource Transfers" as a Draft 
Policy.

The Draft Policy text is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_4/

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/participate/policy/pdp/

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/

Regards,

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



Draft Policy ARIN-2019-4: Allow Inter-regional IPv6 Resource Transfers

Problem Statement:

There is an operational need to allow RIR transfers of IPv6 resources 
between RIRs with an equivalent transfer policy. ARIN’s RPKI Trust 
Anchor (TA) is measurably less widely deployed than TAs from other RIRs. 
As a consequence, RPKI ROAs published through ARIN offer less value. 
Operators seeking to extract the most value from their investment in 
IPv6 would benefit from the ability to transfer IPv6 resources to RIRs 
with more widely deployed RPKI Trust Anchors.

Policy Statement:

Change the first sentence in section 8.4 from:

“Inter-regional transfers of IPv4 number resources and ASNs may take 
place only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, 
compatible needs-based policies.”

To:

“Inter-regional transfers of Internet number resources may take place 
only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, compatible 
needs-based policies.”

Comments:

Timetable for implementation: Immediate