Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-25 Thread Martin Hannigan
I can assure you that based on my own experiences in very large companies that I'd have few issues complying with this new requirement. I like the idea and honestly, ARIN is damned if they do (see this pretty inane thread) and damned if they don't (wait until RIR exhaustion 'day' comes and goes an

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-25 Thread Brett Frankenberger
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 01:12:42PM +0100, Michael Dillon wrote: > > I think that many company officers will ask to see the results of an audit > before they sign this document, and they will want the audit to be performed > by qualified CPAs. Are your IPv4 records in good enough shape that an > ac

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re"impacting revenue"]

2009-04-24 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Apr 23, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Manish Karir wrote: Would there be interest in trying to organize a day long mini-nanog with the ietf in March 2010? The regular nanog mtg is scheduled for Feb 22 2010 so this would have to be an extra meeting. and would require all sorts of help and interest fro

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Dillon
> Actually, being a CTO of a company, I know that my CEO signs things ALL the > time based just on my say so. I don't see how signing a document for ARIN > would land them in court, further if he were to go to court, he'd simply say > that he relied on the opinions of his technical staff since he d

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Matthew Kaufman
Chris Grundemann wrote: "They" is YOU. ARIN policy is created by the community - "Your voice, your community." ... If you participated in the ARIN PDP (1)... Ok, so am I the only one who missed which policy proposal this was that generated the new requirement that an officer sign off on th

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Chris Grundemann
Apologies for a somewhat latent response - I was attending an IPv6 Seminar (of which ARIN was a sponsor) the last two days and am just getting to nanog mail today. On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 15:42, Shane Ronan wrote: > I'm not sure if anyone agrees with me, but these responses seem like a big > cop

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF,was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re"impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Manish Karir
Would there be interest in trying to organize a day long mini-nanog with the ietf in March 2010? The regular nanog mtg is scheduled for Feb 22 2010 so this would have to be an extra meeting. and would require all sorts of help and interest from the ietf to put together. Perhaps the NANOG SC ca

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 23 apr 2009, at 14:17, Adrian Chadd wrote: Methinks its time a large cabal of network operators should represent at IETF and make their opinions heard as a collective group. That would be how change is brought about in a participative organisation, no? :) Why don't you start by simpling

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Nathan Ward
On 24/04/2009, at 12:14 AM, Pekka Savola wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Nathan Ward wrote: After trying to participate on mailing lists for about 2 or 3 years, it's pretty hard to get anything done without going to meetings. Just participating in mailing lists is good for keeping up to date,

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread bmanning
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 08:17:07PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009, William Allen Simpson wrote: > > > Some wag around here re-christened it the IVTF (V stands for Vendor, not > > Victory). ;-) I haven't bothered to go in years > > If the people with operational experience

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009, William Allen Simpson wrote: > Some wag around here re-christened it the IVTF (V stands for Vendor, not > Victory). ;-) I haven't bothered to go in years If the people with operational experience stop going, you can't blame the group for being full of vendors. Methink

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Pekka Savola
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Nathan Ward wrote: After trying to participate on mailing lists for about 2 or 3 years, it's pretty hard to get anything done without going to meetings. Just participating in mailing lists is good for keeping up to date, but not so good for getting things changed. That's

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread William Allen Simpson
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: Depends on the issue. Sometimes bad ideas get traction in the IETF, it's hard to undo that. That's an understatement. Also don't expect too much from IETF participation: if doing X is going to make a vendor more money than doing Y, they're going to favor X,

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 23 apr 2009, at 12:23, Nathan Ward wrote: Just participating in mailing lists is good for keeping up to date, but not so good for getting things changed. That's what I've found, anyway. Might not always be true. Depends on the issue. Sometimes bad ideas get traction in the IETF, it's

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Nathan Ward
On 23/04/2009, at 8:37 PM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 22 apr 2009, at 23:39, Jack Bates wrote: Serious input and participation means work and money. You can participate on mailinglists without attending meetings, so in that sense it doesn't have to cost money. As an operator, it woul

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-23 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 22 apr 2009, at 23:39, Jack Bates wrote: What really would help is more people who are not on NANOG pushing vendors to support IPv6. Even my Juniper SE has mentioned that I'm one of 2 people he's had seriously pushing for IPv6 features. Other vendors have just blown me off all together (

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Jack Bates wrote: > Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: >> In v6ops CPE requirements are being discussed so in the future, it >> should be possible to buy a $50 home router and hook it up to your >> broadband service or get a cable/DSL modem from your provider and the >> IPv6 will be routed without requi

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Nathan Ward
On 23/04/2009, at 8:12 AM, Jack Bates wrote: Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: In v6ops CPE requirements are being discussed so in the future, it should be possible to buy a $50 home router and hook it up to your broadband service or get a cable/DSL modem from your provider and the IPv6 will be

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Jack Bates
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: What would have helped here is more push in this direction. What really would help is more people who are not on NANOG pushing vendors to support IPv6. Even my Juniper SE has mentioned that I'm one of 2 people he's had seriously pushing for IPv6 features. Other ve

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Ren Provo
Ron Bonica is leading a BOF during NANOG46 in Philly which may be of interest - BOF: IETF OPS & MGMT Area, Ron Bonica, Juniper Networks Presentation Date: June 14, 2009, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Abstract: The IETF OPS & MGMT Area documents management technologies and operational best common practices. T

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 22 apr 2009, at 22:12, Jack Bates wrote: I think this annoys people more than anything. We're how many years into the development and deployment cycle of IPv6? What development cycle is expected out of these CPE devices after a spec is FINALLY published? That's certainly one way to loo

Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Jack Bates
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: In v6ops CPE requirements are being discussed so in the future, it should be possible to buy a $50 home router and hook it up to your broadband service or get a cable/DSL modem from your provider and the IPv6 will be routed without requiring backflips from the user.

NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-22 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 22 apr 2009, at 0:19, Owen DeLong wrote: B) Again, while it might be the IETF's "job", shouldn't the group trusted with the management of the IP space at least have a public opinion about these solutions are designed. Ensuring that they are designed is such a way to guarantee maximum ado

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Shane Ronan
On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Well... ARIN is structured with a bottom-up community driven policy process. That has served us well for many years, and, I think that changing it would be a mistake. However, in this case, that means that the following people are specifically

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Shane Ronan
Not the annual report, the actual books and records, including details on individual expenses. On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Kevin Loch wrote: Shane Ronan wrote: C) Are ARIN's books open for public inspection? If so, it might be interesting for the group to see where all our money is going,

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Shane Ronan
You really should go ask a CEO if he'd sign off on something that he doesn't understand. Really. I can assure you that your impression is wrong, and most CEOs don't prefer to be standing in court defending their actions. Actually, being a CTO of a company, I know that my CEO signs things

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Mark Newton
On 22/04/2009, at 7:25 AM, Jo Rhett wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: Mr Curran, given the response you've seen from the group, and in particular the argument that most CEO's or Officers of firms will simply sign off on what they IT staff tells them (as they have litt

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Roger Marquis
Jo Rhett wrote: Let's translate that: There is no consensus in the community who defines goals and objectives for ARIN to do Something. And there is no consensus because the process and/or community has not been capable of the task. Design-by-committee is a problem we are all familiar with.

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Owen DeLong
On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: I'm not sure if anyone agrees with me, but these responses seem like a big cop out to me. A) If ARIN is so concerned about the potential depletion of v4 resources, they should be taking a more proactive roll in proposing potential solutions

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Owen DeLong
12+M divided by the 3300 "members" is just shy of $4,000 per customer. Small nit... Not all customers are members. Owen smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Brandon Galbraith
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Kevin Loch wrote: > Shane Ronan wrote: > > C) Are ARIN's books open for public inspection? If so, it might be >> interesting for the group to see where all our money is going, since it's >> obviously not going to outreach and solution planning. Perhaps it is bein

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Chris Owen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 21, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: C) Are ARIN's books open for public inspection? If so, it might be interesting for the group to see where all our money is going, since it's obviously not going to outreach and solution planning. Pe

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Jo Rhett
On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: Mr Curran, given the response you've seen from the group, and in particular the argument that most CEO's or Officers of firms will simply sign off on what they IT staff tells them (as they have little to no understanding of the situation), Yo

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Kevin Loch
Shane Ronan wrote: C) Are ARIN's books open for public inspection? If so, it might be interesting for the group to see where all our money is going, since it's obviously not going to outreach and solution planning. Perhaps it is being spent in a reasonable manner, and the fees are where they n

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Shane Ronan
I'm not sure if anyone agrees with me, but these responses seem like a big cop out to me. A) If ARIN is so concerned about the potential depletion of v4 resources, they should be taking a more proactive roll in proposing potential solutions and start conversation rather then saying that the

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Jo Rhett
On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Roger Marquis wrote: Thanks for the reply John, but PPML has not worked to-date. Too many legacy interests willing and able to veto any such attempt at a sustainable netblock return policy. Not sure how us folks, of a similar mind as it were, would be able to c

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Fred Baker
On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Roger Marquis wrote: B) Technical standards for NAT & NAPT are the IETF's job, not ARIN's. Too true, but no reason ARIN could not be taking a more active role. This is after all, in ARIN's best interest, not the IETF's. There is work happening in the behave

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Owen DeLong
On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Roger Marquis wrote: John Curran wrote: A) ARIN's not ignoring unneeded legacy allocations, but can't take action without the Internet community first making some policy on what action should be taken... Please get together with folks of similar mind either via P

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Roger Marquis
John Curran wrote: A) ARIN's not ignoring unneeded legacy allocations, but can't take action without the Internet community first making some policy on what action should be taken... Please get together with folks of similar mind either via PPML or via Public Policy meeting at the the Open P

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread Chris Owen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:01 AM, John Curran wrote: C) We've routinely lowered fees since inception, not raised them. Well I'm not sure what your definitely of "routinely" is, but we've not seen in decrease in our fees any time in the past 8 ye

Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]

2009-04-21 Thread John Curran
On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Roger Marquis wrote: Rich Kulawiec wrote: If the effort that will go into administering this went instead into reclaiming IPv4 space that's obviously hijacked and/or being used by abusive operations, we'd all benefit. But they can't do that without impacting reve