I support Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2 as written. The community has the right to receive incremental improvement without achieving perfection.
John Springer On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 09:50 ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 February 2019, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted > "ARIN-prop-261: Waiting List Block Size Restriction" as a Draft Policy. > > Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2 is below and can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2019_2.html > > 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/policy/pdp.html > > Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html > > Regards, > > Sean Hopkins > Policy Analyst > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2: Waiting List Block Size Restriction > > Problem Statement: > > A substantial amount of misuse of the waiting list is suspected by ARIN > staff. A significant percentage of organizations that receive blocks > from the waiting list subsequently issue these blocks to other > organizations via 8.3 or 8.4 transfers shortly after the one year > waiting period required before engaging in such outbound transfers. Most > of these cases involve larger-sized blocks, and many involve > organizations that already have large IPv4 holdings. Some organizations > engage in this practice multiple times, rejoining the waiting list > shortly after transferring out blocks previously received on the waiting > list. There are even cases of multiple startup organizations requesting > approval to be placed on the waiting list where these organizations' > requests can all be tracked originating from the same IP address. While > it is possible that some of these cases are legitimate, and while it is > difficult for ARIN to prove fraud in most individual cases, the large > number of cases like these indicates a high likelihood that there is > significant misuse of the waiting list. Specifically, some organizations > are likely being dishonest in projecting their need for IPv4 space with > the intent of receiving blocks off the waiting list so that they can > sell them one year after receiving them. In the case of multiple > startups, some organizations that receive blocks on the waiting list > subsequently perform a 8.2 merger/acquisition, allowing them to sell the > blocks even before the one year waiting period. > > The problem is serious enough that the ARIN Board of Trustees has > suspended issuance of number resources while a solution to this problem > is found, and it is unfair to organizations with legitimate need on the > waiting list that they are being crowded out and delayed by those > looking to game the system. > > Policy Statement: > > Actual Text: > > 4.1.8. Unmet requests > > In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of > sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the > requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block > size they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable > minimum size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block > is available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single > block available that fulfills the request. If no such block is > available, the organization will be provided the option to be placed on > a waiting list of pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size > qualified for and the smallest block size acceptable. > > New Text: > > 4.1.8. Unmet requests > > In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of > sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the > requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block > size they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable > minimum size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block > is available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single > block available that fulfills the request. If no such block is > available, the organization will be provided the option to be placed on > a waiting list of pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size > qualified for or a /22, whichever is smaller, and the smallest block > size acceptable, not to exceed a /22. > > Comments: > > Timeframe for Implementation: Immediate > > Anything Else: By limiting the maximum block size for waiting list > recipients to a /22, the financial incentive to misuse the waiting list > to receive blocks with the intent to sell them will be drastically > reduced. The majority of waiting list requests are for smaller block > sizes, and these requests will be more readily met as the abusers will > no longer be crowding out the legitimate organizations with need. The > original intent of the waiting list to help smaller organizations and > new entrants will be realized. RIPE, APNIC and LACNIC do not have > waiting lists, but they each have an emergency pool geared toward new > recipients with a /22 limit which has largely curtailed abuse. > Organizations that genuinely qualify for larger blocks can still obtain > these in the marketplace through 8.3 transfers. > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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