On 15 May 2014 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-204
Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers" as a Draft Policy.
Draft Policy ARIN-2014-14 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2014_14.html
You are encouraged to discuss the merits and your concerns of Draft
Policy 2014-14 on the Public Policy Mailing List.
The AC will evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance
of this draft policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet Number Resource
Policy as stated in the PDP. Specifically, these principles are:
* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community
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Regards,
Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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Draft Policy ARIN-2014-14
Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers
Date: 16 May 2014
Problem Statement:
ARIN staff, faced with a surge in near-exhaust allocations and
subsequent transfer requests and a requirement for team review of these,
is spending scarce staff time on needs testing of small transfers. This
proposal seeks to decrease overall ARIN processing time through
elimination of that needs test.
Policy statement:
Change the language in NRPM 8.3 after Conditions on the recipient of the
transfer: from "The recipient must demonstrate the need for up to a
24-month supply of IP address resources under current ARIN policies and
sign an RSA." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for
recipients who have completed a needs-free transfer in the prior year,
the recipient must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of
IP address resources under current ARIN policies and sign an RSA."
Change the language in the third bullet point in NRPM 8.4 after
Conditions on the recipient of the transfer: from "Recipients within the
ARIN region must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of
IPv4 address space." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or
for recipients who have completed a needs-free transfer in the prior
year, recipients in the ARIN region must demonstrate the need for up to
a 24-month supply of IP address resources under current ARIN policies
and sign an RSA."
Comments:
Needs testing has been maintained for transfers largely because the
community wishes to ensure protection against hoarding and speculation
in the IPv4 market. This proposal seeks a middle ground between the
elimination of needs tests for transfers altogether, and the continuance
of needs tests for every transfer. This should help ARIN staff to reduce
transfer processing time, since most transfers have been smaller than /16.
Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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