The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list.
Reminder: RSS feeds of all posts to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) and just postings by ARIN to PPML are available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/mailing_lists/rss.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Policy Proposal 115: Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:56:20 -0400 From: Member Services <[email protected]> To: [email protected] ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy Development Process. This proposal is in the first stage of the Policy Development Process. ARIN staff will perform the Clarity and Understanding step to make sure that they understand the proposal and believe the community will as well. Staff will report their results to the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) within 10 days. The AC will review the proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML. In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML, particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations. Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: https://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Policy Proposal 115: Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion Proposal Originator: Martin Hannigan on behalf of authors for ASO AC/NRO NC Proposal Version: 1.0 Date: 11 June 2010 Proposal type: new Policy term: permanent Policy statement: 1. Reclamation Pool Upon adoption of this IPv4 address policy by the ICANN Board of Directors, the IANA shall establish a Reclamation Pool to be utilized post RIR IPv4 exhaustion as defined in Section 5. As soon as the first RIR exhausts its inventory of IP address space, this Reclamation Pool will be declared active. 2. Returning Address Space to the IANA The IANA will accept into the Reclamation Pool all eligible IPv4 address space that is offered for return. Eligible address space includes any addresses not previously designated for special use by an IETF published RFC explicitly offered for return to the IANA by the RIR to which the space is assigned or the registrant of record where no RIR holds authority. 3. Address Allocations from the Reclamation Pool by the IANA Allocations from the Reclamation Pool may begin once the pool is declared active. Aggregates in the Reclamation Pool may be divided on a CIDR boundary to the longest minimum allocation or assignment of any of the RIRs in order to complete these allocations. Addresses that are left over will be held in the Reclamation Pool until additional adjacent IP addresses can be returned to rejoin addresses on CIDR boundaries to meet minumum allocation requirements, or a minimum allocation unit is set that allows continued allocations from the pool. 4. RIR Eligibility for Receiving Allocations from the Reclamation Pool Upon the exhaustion of an RIR's free space pool, an RIR will become eligible to request address space from the IANA Reclamation Pool when it publicly announces via its respective global announcements email list and by posting a notice on its website that it has exhausted its supply of IPv4 address space. Exhaustion is defined as an inventory of less than the equivalent of a single /8 and the inability to further assign address space to its customers in units equal to or shorter than the longest of the RIR's policy defined minimum allocation unit. Any RIR that is formed after the ICANN Board of Directors has ratified this policy is not eligible to utilize this policy to obtain IPv4 address space from the IANA. 5. Reporting Requirements The IANA shall publish on at least a weekly basis a report that is publicly available which at a minimum details all address space that has been received and that has been allocated. The IANA shall publish a Returned Address Space Report which indicates what resources were returned, by whom and when. The IANA shall publish an Allocations Report on at least a weekly basis which at a minimum indicates what IPv4 address space has been allocated, which RIR received the allocation and when. The IANA shall publish a public notice confirming RIR eligibility subsequent to Section 4. 6. No Transfer Rights Address space assigned from the Reclamation Pool may be transferred if there is an ICANN Board ratified Global Transfer Policy in force at the time of the implementation of this policy. In the absence of an ICANN Board ratified Global Transfer Policy, no transfers are allowed. The definition of Global Transfer Policy for the purpose of this policy is a Global Policy that has been processed in compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding "MoU"[2] and Attachments as agreed to in October 2004 by ICANN and the RIRs and ratified by the ICANN Board of Directors. 7. Definitions IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, or its successor ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or its successor RIR - Regional Internet Registry as recognized by ICANN MOU - Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the RIRs IPv4 - Internet Protocol Version Four(4), the target protocol of this Global Policy Free Space Pool - IPv4 Addresses that are in inventory at any RIR, and/or the IANA 8. Contributors The following individuals donated their time, resources and effort to develop this proposal on behalf of the Internet Community: Steve Bertrand <[email protected]> Chris Grundemann <[email protected]> Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> Aaron Hughes <[email protected]> Louie Lee <[email protected]> Matt Pounsett <[email protected]> Jason Schiller <[email protected]> 9. References 1. http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space, IANA, Retrieved 27 April 2010 2. http://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandum-of-understanding/index.html ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) MoU, Retrieved 27 May 2010. Rationale: This policy defines the process for the allocation of IPv4 addresses post "Exhaustion Phase"[1]. In order to fulfill the requirements of this policy, the IANA must set up a reclamation pool to hold addresses in and distribute from in compliance with this policy. This policy establishes the process by which IPv4 addresses can be returned to and re-issued from the IANA post Exhaustion Phase. This document does not stipulate performance requirements in the provision of services by the IANA to an RIR in accordance with this policy. Such requirements should be specified by appropriate agreements among the RIRs and ICANN. The intent of this policy is as follows: * To include all post Exhaustion Phase IPv4 address space returned to the IANA. * Allows allocations by the IANA from the Reclamation Pool once the Exhaustion Phase has been completed. * Defines "need" as the basis for further IPv4 allocations by the IANA. * Does not differentiate any class of IPv4 address space unless otherwise defined by an RFC. * Encourage the return of IPv4 address space by making this allocation process available. * Disallow transfers of addresses sourced from the Reclamation Pool in the absence of an IPv4 Global Transfer Policy to neutralize transfer process inequities across RIR regions. * Applies to legacy IPv4 Address Space initially allocated by the IANA to users including the allocations to RIRs. * Includes any length of fragments currently held by the IANA now or in the future. Timetable for implementation: Immediate _______________________________________________ ARIN-Announce You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Announce Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
