I strongly approve of this policy. I further believe quite firmly that this policy will not be without some legal risk, based on statements made by others in this mailing list.
However, I believe this is one time where ARIN should happily spend the resources (yes, I understand those come from my various fees) to defend against any lawsuits, rather than avoiding them, in order to further cement the principle that no-one has a inalienable right to *any* IP address, whether v4 or v6. That principle's soundness and defensibility goes to the very core of ARIN's entire mission, nay, its entire existence. As to the undue burden argument: I got my first IPv6 netblock up and running using HE's tunnel broker service and BGP4+ on an isolated test VM, all in about half a day. If one test VM, one free tunnel, and about 4 hours of time constitute an "undue" burden... especially when there's no requirement to leave it up and running. The requirement introduced by the proposed policy amounts to, IMHO, a one-time competency test, which sounds reasonable to me. -Adam Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services MERLIN 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) [email protected] www.merlin.mb.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ARIN > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 11:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2019-19: Require IPv6 Before > Receiving Section 8 IPv4 Transfers > > On 1 November 2019, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted > "ARIN-prop-278: Require IPv6 Before Receiving Section 8 IPv4 Transfers" > as a Draft Policy. > > Draft Policy ARIN-2019-19 is below and can be found at: > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_19/ > > You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. 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 Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles > are: > > * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration > * Technically Sound > * Supported by the Community > > The PDP can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/ > > Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/ > > Regards, > > Sean Hopkins > Policy Analyst > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > Draft Policy ARIN-2019-19: Require IPv6 Before Receiving Section 8 IPv4 > Transfers > > Problem Statement: > > On 7 May 2007 the ARIN Board unanimously passed an IPv6 resolution. In > 2011, the last /8 blocks were assigned to the RIR’s and has now been over > 4 years since the IPv4 free pool was exhausted at ARIN. > > Now is the time for ARIN to require those who receive transferred IPv4 > space to have in place an operational IPv6 network. > > Policy statement: > > In section 8.5.2, add the following language to the end of the paragraph > entitled “Operational Use”: > > Such operational network must at minimum include an allocation or > assignment by ARIN of IPv6 address space under the same Org ID receiving > the transferred IPv4 space. Such Org must be able to prove this IPv6 space > is being routed by using it to communicate with ARIN. > > In the event the receiver provides a written statement from its upstream > that IPv6 connectivity is unavailable, the IPv6 requirement may be waived. > > Timetable for Implementation: Upon Passage > > Anything Else: > > The following was included in the IPv6 resolution: > > BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Trustees hereby requests the ARIN > Advisory Council to consider Internet Numbering Resource Policy changes > advisable to encourage migration to IPv6 numbering resources where > possible. > > This proposal is part of an effort to encourage migration to IPv6. > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-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: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-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: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
