On Sep 23, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Kevin Kargel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I should point out that the strength of my convictions on the discussion of needs assessment impacts me negatively on a personal level. I am in a position where I would love to get a /24 for my own use, personally and business. Unfortunately I would not pass the needs requirement. I could present about 40 IP addresses that are currently NATed, with some small future growth projection. That would not – in my understanding – pass muster for an allocation under the current rules. I will in the near future be changing locations and providers for that network and a portable IP block would be most handy. Kevin - To be clear, you are talking above about issuance from the ARIN free pool (the ARIN regional IPv4 free pool being a limited and depleting resource) I honestly do not believe that eliminating needs tests would be good for society. Are you speaking with respect to ARIN issuance of space, or also in terms of a limit on parties being able to obtain IPv4 space via transfer? I have heard of the needs-test referenced as a mechanism against speculation when it comes to transfers; is that the policy goal that you are supporting via a need-basis for transfer approval? If needs tests were eliminated all that would be left in my way would be the money hurdle, which presents a relatively low bar to vault. That depends specifically on the transfer policy adopted... For example, a transfer policy that requires demonstrating existing utilized resources would limit the transfer recipients to certain parties. A transfer policy which limits recipients to only growing a certain percentage is another example of a policy mechanism. The most important thing is for the community to understand the goals, and then determine the right mechanisms (which very well might be present policy as inherited from IPv4 allocation policy) Determining the right balance between multiple goals is the hard part. Don’t get me wrong, if needs tests are eliminated over my objections I will be at the front of the line with my application. I see nothing wrong with legitimately leveraging the system that exists. In the above, are you are referring to getting space from ARIN, or the receiving via a transfer? This gets to the main point, which it is not required that the community maintain the same policy for these different types of requests. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
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