On 20 August 2020, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following
Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status:
ARIN-2020-5: Clarify and Update Requirements for Allocations to
Downstream Customers
The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_5/
You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML
prior to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation
(PPC). PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when
determining community consensus.
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
Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-5: Clarify and Update Requirements
for Allocations to Downstream Customers
AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number
Resource Policy:
This Draft Policy is fair, impartial, and technically sound. This draft
policy replaces outdated RFC2050 references in Sections 4.2.3.4.1. and
4.2.3.6. with references to the end user assignment utilization
requirements in Section 4.3.3.
Problem Statement:
A recent Policy Experience Report demonstrated the fact that the
existing Section 4.2.3.6 references RFC2050, which is obsolete, and is
not synchronized with utilization requirements carried in Section 4.3.3,
specifically the utilization rate.
Policy Statement:
Given that RFC7020, which supercedes RFC2050, no longer carries specific
utilization requirements for downstream customers of ISPs, its reference
may be removed from Section 4.2.3.6, instead referencing 4.3.3
(currently, 50% utilization within 24 months) to harmonize the
utilization requirements of both ISPs and their downstream customers.
Removing these references from Section 4.2.3.6 will simplify the
language of that section.
Replace sections 4.2.3.4.1 and sections 4.2.3.6 with the following text:
4.2.3.4.1. Utilization
A downstream customer requesting address space from an upstream ISP must
document a plan to the allocating ISP for their utilization to conform
to Section 4.3.3. Reassignment and reallocation information for prior
allocations must show that each customer meets the 80% utilization
criteria and must be available via SWIP / a distributed service which
meets the standards set forth in section 3.2 prior to your issuing them
additional space.
4.2.3.6. Reassignments to Multihomed Downstream Customers
If a downstream customer has a requirement to multihome, that
requirement alone will serve as justification for a /24 allocation.
Downstream customers must provide contact information for all of their
upstream providers to the ISP from whom they are requesting a /24, and
utilize a border routing protocol between the customer and the ISP.
Customers may receive a /24 from only one of their upstream providers
under this policy without providing additional justification. ISPs may
demonstrate they have made an assignment to a downstream customer under
this policy by supplying ARIN with the information they collected from
the customer, as described above, or by identifying the AS number of the
customer.
Timetable for Implementation: Immediate
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