On Jun 5, 2015, at 8:52 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:16 AM, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, to start the discussion, what is the underlying need for an IPv4 >> transfer policy, and why? > > Hi John, > > My knee-jerk response is that there are two distinct needs for the > existence of a transfer policy. > > Need #1: So that organizations may buy and sell portions of their > networking business and have the registry accurately reflect the > current owner of those business elements. > > Need #2: So that IP addresses may be quickly and efficiently > reassigned from one organization's lower-value applications to > another's higher-value applications.
Bill - Could you clarify the attributes of each of these requirements? Is #1 the need to transfer along with operational network, and #2 the need to move IP addresses to a better economic use, or do I misunderstand your distinction? > Perhaps I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted to start with the > underlying need for ARIN to have a transfer policy and drill down > later. Minimum block size is a secondary objective we might want > addressing policy in general (including a transfer policy) to achieve. > It's not specific to transfer policy and doesn't drive the need for > transfer policy. Alas, I was unclear… I said “need for transfer policy” when I was truly thinking slightly beyond that into “requirements for a transfer policy”, which would include any secondary objectives. Obviously, if no IPv4 transfer policy is needed, then there is no requirement with respect to minimum size block - I perhaps jumped the gun and presumed that there would clearly be a need identified for such a policy and that other related requirements of any such policy should be discussed. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN _______________________________________________ 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.
