I agree with Owen that this is mostly clean up from post IPv4 exhaustion.

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Brian E Jones, CSP-SM, CSP-PO
NI&S Virginia Tech
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> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:44 AM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I will point out that removing the requirement does not prevent anyone from 
> continuing to provide the information. It merely makes it optional instead of 
> mandatory.
> 
> In many cases, the reporting in question is an artifact of policy that was 
> specially crafted to aid CMTS-based providers in being able to obtain 
> sufficient IP space to actually provision networks while attempting to avoid 
> widespread and massive abuse through a gaping policy loophole. Given the 
> absence of an IPv4 free pool, that policy is no longer particularly 
> applicable and I believe some of it has already been eliminated. As such, 
> this is, IMHO, just some additional cleanup of the NRPM to further adapt to a 
> post-IPv4 world.
> 
> Owen
> 
> 
>> On Jul 25, 2018, at 15:27 , Azinger, Marla <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> If I read this correct, you would be removing the requirement of public 
>> records that display not just static re-allocations for a general geographic 
>> area, but it would also remove Dynamic pool re-allocations.
>> 
>> If I saw what requirement is being removed correctly, in either respect 
>> should anyone stop doing those type of Re-allocations, they will receive an 
>> increase of abuse calls from law enforcement given one layer of useful data 
>> is being halted.  It also might increase geographic route issues because I 
>> have come across some companies that sell geo filter software based off ARIN 
>> records.
>> 
>> Food for thought
>> Marla
>> 
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>> Subject: [arin-ppml] Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2018-3: Remove 
>> Reallocation Requirements for Residential Market Assignments
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>> On 19 July 2018, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following Draft 
>> Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status:
>> 
>> ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements for Residential Market 
>> Assignments
>> 
>> The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at:
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>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2018_3.html
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>> You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML prior 
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>> Sean Hopkins
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>> 
>> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements for 
>> Residential Market Assignments
>> 
>> Advisory Council Statement of Conformance with Principles of Internet Number 
>> Resource Policy:
>> 
>> This recommended draft policy is technically sound, creating a fair and 
>> impartial number policy. The draft policy removes the Residential Market 
>> Area record keeping and publication requirement placed upon one segment of 
>> the ISP population for ARIN IPv4 allocations. Since this requirement does 
>> not apply to IPv4 transfers it is a legacy element of policy sustaining 
>> administrative overhead for a subset of the community.  No concerns have 
>> been raised by the community  and there has been demonstrable support since 
>> its initial proposal.
>> 
>> Problem Statement:
>> 
>> Current number policy requires some organizations to create reallocations or 
>> reassignments for residential subscribers.  This requirement complicates 
>> record keeping for ISPs.  There is limited value today for requiring these 
>> records be put into the ARIN database.
>> 
>> ARIN number policy for a long time has required ISPs to add a reallocation 
>> or reassignment record for each of their subscriber address blocks.  This 
>> policy dates from the original cable allocations as a method to publicly 
>> show that a portion of a larger block has been put into use.
>> 
>> Since ARIN no longer has a free pool of IPv4 addresses and requirements for 
>> transfer are demonstrated without these records, this requirement is no 
>> longer needed.
>> 
>> Furthermore, this requirement complicates reallocation & reassignment entry 
>> into the ARIN database.3  Removing this requirement could reduce the 
>> complexity required for accurately maintaining reallocation and/or 
>> reassignment records.
>> 
>> Policy statement:
>> 
>> Remove Section 4.2.3.7.3.1 (Residential Market Area) from the NRPM
>> 
>> Comments:
>> 
>> Timetable for Implementation: Immediate
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