On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:52 PM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Martin Hannigan <hanni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 5:00 AM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: >>> >>> NRPM 11 was designed for parties requesting allocations from ARIN for >>> research purposes; not ARIN checking the quality/integrity of new block >>> received from IANA. Given the recent occurance, I believe it is prudent >>> for ARIN to utilize NRPM 11 going forward for purposes of this quality >>> checking, as it makes visible the organization doing the testing/making >>> use of the space, including duration of the activity and research nature, >>> as well as reaffirming the expected uniqueness requirement. >> >> If I understand this correctly, Matthew suggested that an update to >> Section 11 would be more useful? If that's the case I agree. It would >> require a few, simple, modifications. > > I think his suggestion to make use of NRPM 11 for this purpose is quite > excellent. It was not process that we used in the past, but shall be > done that way going forward. To the extent that the community wishes > to improve NRPM 11 policy text for this purpose of address space testing, > that is also welcome. > >> Why would ARIN ever need to issue an LOA if whatever is distributed is >> in the registry? All the LOA responsibilities if even needed at that >> point would fall to the registrant. > > Agreed; that is the major benefit of taking an "NRPM 11" approach to address > space testing - ARIN stays focused on being a registry and leaves the use of > address space to registrants. Since registrants are unique for a given > address > block, we also preempt multiple parties with potentially conflict plans on the > use (or routing) of any given portion of address space. >
Yes, I agree. This is the preferable route. Best, -M< _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.