On Feb 6, 2014, at 8:36 AM, David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/5/14, 17:36 , Andrew Dul wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This draft policy will be discussed next week at the nanog PPC, in >> addition we welcome feedback on this draft on PPML. Specifically if you >> could comment on the following two points it would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> >> >> Does the community support raising the minimum requirement for IXPs from >> 2 to 3? > > I support the change from a two participants to a three participant standard > to qualify as an Internet Exchange Point (IXP). > > To date the risk created by allowing the minimum of two participates for an > IXP has been extremely low, as the motivation for abuse was also extremely > low. However, as we proceed through run-out of the general IPv4 free pool > the motivations for abuse will increase dramatically. Raising the standard to > three participants to qualify as an IXP seems like a prudent precaution to > ensure that the reservation for IXPs, and other critical infrastructure that > was made in ARIN-2011-4, is protected to ensure availability of resources for > legitimate IXPs in the future. > > There will be some impact on the start-up of some IXPs, this is unfortunate. > However, the three participant standard is not completely unreasonable, given > the potential for increased abuse of the two participant standard. >
I oppose the change. Anyone inclined to abuse a two participant standard can easily create or obtain a 3rd participant for said purpose. This is literally a case of change for the sake of change. No, a 3 participant minimum is not an unreasonable standard. However, since it does have some negative impact and is utterly unlikely to be at all effective in deterring abuse, I see no benefit to the change. Owen _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
