Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-07 Thread William Herrin
On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > It may be that adding a statement to policy that any organization which does > not meet the strict > definition of “End User” is therefore considered an ISP for policy purposes. Something along the lines of, "An organization which reassigns any

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-07 Thread Jose R. de la Cruz III
Owen: "...*but I don’t believe that would help because I believe that anything which does not meet the definition of an “end user” is de fact an ISP*." OK, this makes sense. But...what about the cdn's and similar uses? Then, should the 'end user' definition be broadened or changed? David: "*In wha

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread james machado
Good thoughts and valid points David, > David wrote: > > So a possible solution is to redefine: > > ISP offers last-mile connectivity > Everyone else is an EU. > and I like the direction your going but there is no requirement for your ISP to provide the last mile or even have a pop in your city.

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread David Huberman
Thanks, Owen. Moving to the issue at hand, then, I have a problem with your wording. You wrote: "Because as an end-user so long as we have IPv4, I count addresses assigned to hosts, while as an ISP, I count networks delegated to subscribers." Then what's Microsoft? What's Akamai? Microsoft h

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread Owen DeLong
ilto:arin-ppml-boun...@arin.net] On > Behalf Of Owen DeLong > Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 3:42 PM > To: Jose R. de la Cruz III > Cc: arin-ppml@arin.net > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8 > > Not speaking for John, but I don’t believe that would help because I bel

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread David Huberman
Owen DeLong Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 3:42 PM To: Jose R. de la Cruz III Cc: arin-ppml@arin.net Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8 Not speaking for John, but I don’t believe that would help because I believe that anything which does not meet the definition of an “end user” is de

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread Owen DeLong
Not speaking for John, but I don’t believe that would help because I believe that anything which does not meet the definition of an “end user” is de fact an ISP. Creating a clear definition of “ISP” would likely, instead, create a new category of organizations which fit neither defined category

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-06 Thread Jose R. de la Cruz III
John: Thanks for the additional info. It looks like the problem brought forth in the referenced document was never completely solved. Because an end user is defined as "*an organization receiving assignments of IP addresses exclusively for use in its operational networks*.", it is my opinion that

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-04 Thread John Curran
On Dec 4, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Jose R. de la Cruz III mailto:jrdelac...@acm.org>> wrote: RE: ARIN-2015-8 4. Should End-Users who want to be able to re-assign records simply be required to become ISPs? --->No. Why should they? 5. Should the ISP/End-User distinction be eliminated (which is

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-04 Thread Jose R. de la Cruz III
RE: ARIN-2015-8 4. Should End-Users who want to be able to re-assign records simply be required to become ISPs? --->No. Why should they? 5. Should the ISP/End-User distinction be eliminated (which is a bigger discussion outside the scope of the current problem statement)? ---> No. They ar

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-03 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Christian Tacit wrote: > I am writing on behalf of the ARIN AC to seek additional input from the > community regarding how (or if) we should proceed with ARIN-2015-8. Hi Christian, My views are: A. Abandon 2015-8. It's a poorly conceived answer to a wrong questio

Re: [arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-03 Thread Brian Jones
On Dec 3, 2015 2:35 PM, "Christian Tacit" wrote: > > I am writing on behalf of the ARIN AC to seek additional input from the community regarding how (or if) we should proceed with ARIN-2015-8. > > > > The feedback received at ARIN 36 and in subsequent AC discussions has been very mixed and there i

[arin-ppml] Proposal ARIN-2015-8

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Tacit
I am writing on behalf of the ARIN AC to seek additional input from the community regarding how (or if) we should proceed with ARIN-2015-8. The feedback received at ARIN 36 and in subsequent AC discussions has been very mixed and there is no community consensus for the proposal in its present fo