On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 1:13 PM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 10, 2021, at 12:25 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 6:06 AM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> An LIR may not assert that they have a new _technical need_ for more IP > >> address space as a result of signing a leasing contract. > > > > Lol. They have to take the extra step of programming a router. The > > business need is made technical. Such a high, high bar. > > Yes, under current policy that is correct. > > Do you see that as a problem – and if so, do you have a proposed change to > policy text to improve it? That requirement could be eliminated or could be > strengthened (as the community feels most appropriate.)
Hi John, I think: 1. It's disingenuous to argue that a LIR can't lease addresses absent infrastructure when the infrastructure bar they have to meet is negligible. 2. I've tried and failed to draft policy which sets a higher infrastructure bar without creating an operational problem for real networks. 3. I'm disturbed by the idea of an "ISP" which just leases addresses. When I examine that feeling more closely, I find that it's not far different than the unease I feel about ISPs providing any addresses for BGP use by customers, with or without network infrastructure. Which in turn is not far different than I feel about ISPs providing large blocks of addresses to any customer rather than asking them to process technical need through ARIN. All three of those situations have conflicts of interest in which the ultimate user of those addresses may not be well served. Fixing these things -would- likely mean operational changes to real networks. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ 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.
