Thus spake owen--- via ARIN-PPML (arin-ppml@arin.net) on Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 05:54:49PM -0800: > > > On Nov 20, 2023, at 12:59, Christian Tacit <cta...@tacitlaw.com> wrote: > > > > Dear ARIN Community Members, > > > > In our continuing effort to simplify the NRPM, we are also considering the > > retirement of sections 6.4.1 and 6.4.2. > > > > We believe that section 6.4.1 is out of scope since it constitutes a legal > > conclusion regarding IPv6 addresses not constituting property, rather than > > policy. Section 6.4.2 is a general statement regarding the lack of > > guarantee of the routability of address space and also provides that RIRs > > (and not just ARIN) “must apply procedures that reduce the possibility of > > fragmented address space which may lead to a loss of routability”. To the > > extent that this section validly articulates policy statements, it applies > > more broadly to both IPv4 and IPv6 resources, and the statement in the NRMP > > should only apply to ARIN. In fact, a proper routability constraint > > statement limited to ARIN is already embedded in Section 1.3 of the NRPM, > > and thus not needed in Section 6.” > > > > Community feedback and any proposals to address these sections are welcome.” > > > > All valid points. The legal conclusion can be left to the RSA or anywhere > else ARIN’s lawyers which to stick it. > > Removing it from the NRPM makes sense to me.
I agree. > 6.4.2 needs to at least keep the following key details: > + ARIN must apply procedures to minimize fragmentation of the > address space > + AIRN cannot guarantee that any block can be routed or will be > accepted by any particular peer. > > Since we don’t have a section of the policy manual for things that apply > broadly to IPv4 and IPv6, we have, traditionally, duplicated them in sections > 4 and 6, which I think is fine. Preventing fragmentation in IPv4 is already a > lost cause at this point, so it is what it is. There's overlap between 6.4.2 and 6.3.4 to some degree on fragmentation/aggregation. The routability aspect in 6.4.2 is also covered in 1.3. So with respect to Owen's points above this stuff could be merged together and retained. Dale _______________________________________________ ARIN-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: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.
