On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:18 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > Applying regional use constraints to AS numbers makes exactly zero > sense to me. If anyone feels there's a need to spell this out, please
As of now..... there is really no pool of scarce IPv4 resources to distribute according to local policies... The purpose of having multiple RIRs in the first place, instead of one global GIR that can allocate, register, transfer resources in any region, is greatly diminished. I would suggest that ARIN perhaps begin to transform itself into a global registry and drop the "service region" idea and the "region specific usage ideas" for all resources and services. Applying regional use constraints to *ANY* number resources no longer makes any sense; it barely did for IPv4, and IPv6 is not scarce. The only remaining utility would be hierarchical distribution of IPv6 resources according to region, to facilitate filtering. It is questionable whether that will in fact be useful in practice. I would suggest that Out of Region use be fully allowed for all resources, with disclosure of the caveat that optimal routing might be more limited for out of region usage. The only hard constraint should be that the resource holder must at all times provide and maintain a contact or agent with physical mailing address in one of the countries served by ARIN, unless, or until such time as there is a global registry. Originally, there was a concern that some orgs might "game" the RIR system, by shopping different regions to obtain scarce IPv4 resources they might not be eligible for otherwise. It's hard to imagine how it could be a concern now > Regards, > Bill Herrin -- -JH _______________________________________________ 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.
