The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list.
Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ARIN-prop-138 IPv6 Size Category Alignment Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:18:25 -0400 From: ARIN <i...@arin.net> To: arin-p...@arin.net ARIN-prop-138 IPv6 Size Category Alignment ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy Development Process. The ARIN Advisory Council (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. 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, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## ARIN-prop-138 IPv6 Size Category Alignment Proposal Originator: Charles Gucker Proposal Version: 1.0 Date: 14 March 2011 Proposal type: modify Policy term: permanent Policy statement: For IPv6 ISP Classification, the "Size Category" shall be determined based on the following schedule: X-small /32 or smaller Small /31 to /30 Medium /29 to /27 Large /26 to /24 X-large /23 to /20 XX-large /20 and larger Rationale: Since the adoption of ARIN Policy 2001-4 and the introduction of the IPv6 fee schedule there has existed a discontinuity between the fee schedule and the policy language. As the policy is written, "6.5.1.1. Initial allocation size Organizations that meet at least one of the following criteria are eligible to receive a minimum allocation of /32. …", However, the fee schedule currently states that an ISP within the X-Small category be allocated "smaller than /40" and the Small category of "/40 to /32". As a result, with current policy an existing ISP within the X-Small category, when requesting the minimum IPv6 allocation, would have to jump Size categories to receive their IPv6 Allocation. With the IANA IPv4 runout behind us, it is important to eliminate all hurdles for existing Organizations to receive IPv6 allocations, even the X-Small. This proposal is intended to do just that by aligning the Size Category with current policy. Timetable for implementation: immediate _______________________________________________ ARIN-Announce You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Announce Mailing List (ARIN-announce@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.