Hi Chris,

 

I am still unclear. So the “risk” you refer to is the inability to purchase new 
blocks using leases as justification?

I’m not entirely sure how that constitutes a risk, unless you mean they will 
run out of addresses they need for themselves. Is that their risk?

 

It seems like you are objecting to a proposal to allow using leased addresses 
as justification by simply stating that you don’t like leasing.

 

Why can’t you stand behind this distribution method, can you be clear on your 
objection to leasing?

Because certainly this proposal facilitates leasing.

 

I guess we are coming to the crux of things now, I’ve asked a few people who 
have opposed this policy why, and for some it comes down to disapproving of 
leasing. Now I’ve asked why.

 

A good reason, to me, is that leasing often serves the needs of miscreants. But 
leasing is allowed, so miscreants are currently being served. My experience 
tells me that miscreants have the advantage over most incumbent lessors, who 
are generally not in the business of leasing addresses. 

 

ARIN policy prevents newcomers into the leasing business, and I think 
professional lessors will provide some balance against miscreants if they were 
allowed to enter that market. 

 

Regards,

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Chris Woodfield <ch...@semihuman.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:33 AM
To: PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net>
Cc: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com>; Mike Burns <m...@iptrading.com>
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement

 

I’m speaking to the risk that an organization that engages in leasing address 
blocks without providing related connectivity services. Given that these blocks 
cannot currently be used as justification for additional space, an organization 
that does so would not qualify for additional space should they require it, 
unless they are falsifying the nature of the allocations in their justification 
documentation (which, of course, is a policy violation that could lead to that 
organizations’s allocations being reclaimed if discovered).

 

This policy proposal, per the problem statement, is explicitly aimed at 
removing that risk, and as such, putting ARIN’s stamp of approval on this type 
of lease practice, and in fact, allows organizations to require additional 
space which it could then lease out, without the need to provide the network 
services associated with the blocks being leased. Which is a type of IP block 
monetization that I simply cannot stand behind.

 

As such, I remain opposed to this proposal.

 

-C





On Sep 22, 2021, at 7:00 AM, Mike Burns <m...@iptrading.com 
<mailto:m...@iptrading.com> > wrote:

 

Hi Chris,

 

Can you be more specific on which inherent risk this policy would remove?

Somebody +1’d this, but I don’t understand what you mean.

I don’t even know which party’s risk is being commented on.

 

Regards,
Mike

 

 

From: ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-boun...@arin.net <mailto:arin-ppml-boun...@arin.net> 
> On Behalf Of Chris Woodfield
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 9:21 PM
To: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com <mailto:o...@delong.com> >
Cc: PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net <mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net> >
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement

 

 

On Sep 21, 2021, at 10:22 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com 
<mailto:o...@delong.com> > wrote:

 

This policy doesn’t affect that… Leasing of address space you already have is 
permitted under current policy and cannot be grounds for revocation of address 
space.

 

The change in this policy proposal is not to permit or deny leasing, but to 
permit leased addresses to be considered utilized for purposes of determining 
eligibility for additional address acquisition.

 

 

You are correct that the proposal may not permit or prohibit leasing, but it 
does (intentionally, per the problem statement) remove one of the inherent 
risks of the practice, and as such, in my view, is effectively an endorsement. 

 

As such, my opposition stands.

 

-C






Owen

 






On Sep 21, 2021, at 08:22 , Chris Woodfield <ch...@semihuman.com 
<mailto:ch...@semihuman.com> > wrote:

 

Writing in opposition. I do not support the practice of leasing IP address 
resources. Organizations who have received larger amounts of IP address space 
than what they are efficiently utilizing are free to relieve themselves of 
their excess space via the transfer market.

 

Thanks,

 

-Chris






On Sep 21, 2021, at 8:06 AM, ARIN <i...@arin.net <mailto:i...@arin.net> > wrote:

 

On 16 September 2021, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-302: 
Remove Circuit Requirement " as a Draft Policy.

 

Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6 is below and can be found at:

 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2021_6/

 

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

Senior Policy Analyst

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

 

 

Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Remove Circuit Requirement 

 

Problem Statement:

 

Current ARIN policy prevents the use of leased-out addresses as evidence of 
utilization.

 

Policy statement:

 

Replace

 

“2.4. Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR 
that primarily assigns address space to the users of the network services that 
it provides. LIRs are generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs), whose 
customers are primarily end users and possibly other ISPs.”

 

with

 

“2.4. Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR 
that primarily assigns address space to users of the network. LIRs are 
generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs), whose customers are primarily end 
users and possibly other ISPs.”

 

Timetable for implementation: Immediate

 

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