Jason, I concur with your assessment, I believe policy text was designed for IANA to make its first allocation immediately upon one RIR dropping below the /9 inventory level.
Andrew On 12/4/2013 5:37 AM, Jason Schiller wrote: > It seems fairly clear to me that that the policy instructs IANA to > make the first allocation immediately upon one RIR dropping below a /9 > inventory, and there after must wait until the next 6-month window > opens up for subsequent allocations. > > The window serves to allow IANA to collect IPs in its Recovered IPv4 > Pool, and then have fixed point in time when the amount of IPs is > totaled and divided. At the time the first RIR drops below a /9, IANA > will have already had sufficient time to collect IPs. > > It also seems obvious to me that, there is a fair bit of complexity in > describing this behavior and if the authors desired IANA to wait for > the next 6-month window to open, then this policy text would have been > much shorter. > > If you think this policy suggests the IANA should wait for the next > 6-month window to open, please speak up. > > Thanks, > > __Jason > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Jason Schiller <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I wanted to advise the community, and seek its input on the > question of when IANA should make its first allocation from the > Recovered IPv4 Pool. > > It seems some read the global policy and conclude that the > Recovered IPv4 Pool becomes active immediately after one RIR > dipping below a /9 of inventory and IANA should straight away > make an allocation and then make its next allocation after > crossing the next 6-month period starting on March 1st or > September 1st. > > It seems some read the global policy and conclude that the IANA > should make its first allocation from the after crossing the next > 6-month period starting on March 1st or September 1st after one > RIR dipping below a /9 of inventory. > > In short should IANA make an allocation after one RIR dipping > below a /9 of inventory or should it wait until the next 6-month > period opens up? > > Below is the email we have received regarding this question: > >> Dear Louie, >> >> As you chair the ASO AC, I am seeking your guidance on the >> interpretation of the Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 >> Allocation >> Mechanisms by the IANA, which was ratified in May 2012. >> >> The global policy defines states that "Allocations from the IANA may >> begin once the pool is declared active." It is not clear whether this >> means that allocation from the Recovered IPv4 Pool should be made >> straight away or whether they should happen at the start of the next >> "IPv4 allocation period," the "6-month period following 1 March or 1 >> September." >> >> We hope you can advise us on the intended meaning of this >> sentence, so >> that we can implement the policy appropriately. >> >> We look forward to receiving your response on this question of >> interpretation of the Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 >> Allocation >> Mechanisms by the IANA. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Leo Vegoda >> ICANN > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Jason Schiller|NetOps|[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>|571-266-0006 <tel:571-266-0006> > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Jason Schiller|NetOps|[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>|571-266-0006 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
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