On 27 April 2022, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) sent the following Recommended 
Draft Policy to Last Call:

 

* ARIN-2021-4: Clarifications to Sections 6.5.2.1, 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5.6 

 

Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be 
provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 16 May 
2022.

 

The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:

 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2021_4/ 

 

The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/

 

Regards,

 

Sean Hopkins

Senior Policy Analyst

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

 

 

Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2021-4: Clarifications to Sections 6.5.2.1, 8.3, 
8.4 and 8.5.6

 

AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource 
Policy:

 

This Draft Policy is fair, impartial, and technically sound. The intent of this 
policy is to clarify the language in sections 6.5.2.1, 8.3, and 8.4 with 
respect to ASN-only transactions and the term “number resources”. It also 
clarifies that Section 8.5.6 refers specifically to IPv4.

 

Problem Statement:

 

The current language in Sections 6.5.2.1, 8.3 and 8.4 is not clear regarding 
ASN-only transactions as well as the term “number resources”. The current 
language in Section 8.5.6 is not clear with regard to additional IPv4 space.

 

Policy statement:

 

In section 6.5.2.1 g., 

 

Replace

 

”Partial returns of any IPv6 allocation that results in less than a /36 of 
holding are not permitted regardless of the ISP’s current or former IPv4 number 
resource holdings.”

 

with

 

”Partial returns of any IPv6 allocation that results in less than a /36 of 
holding are not permitted regardless of the ISP’s current or former IPv4 
address holdings.”

 

In section 8.3, 

 

Replace

 

“In addition to transfers under section 8.2, IPv4 numbers resources and ASNs 
may be transferred according to the following conditions.”

 

with

 

“In addition to transfers under section 8.2, IPv4 addresses or ASNs may be 
transferred according to the following conditions.”

 

Replace

 

“The source entity must be the current registered holder of the IPv4 address 
resources, and not be involved in any dispute as to the status of those 
resources.”

 

with

 

“The source entity must be the current registered holder of the IPv4 addresses 
or ASNs and not be involved in any dispute as to the status of those resources.”

 

In Section 8.4:

 

Replace

 

“Inter-regional transfers of IPv4 number resources and ASNs may take place only 
via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, compatible needs-based 
policies.”

 

with

 

“Inter-regional transfers of IPv4 addresses or ASNs may take place only via 
RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, compatible needs-based 
policies.”

 

Replace

 

“The source entity must be the current rights holder of the IPv4 address 
resources recognized by the RIR responsible for the resources, and not be 
involved in any dispute as to the status of those resources.”

 

with

 

“The source entity must be the current rights holder of the IPv4 addresses or 
ASN recognized by the RIR responsible for the resources, and not be involved in 
any dispute as to the status of those resources.”

 

In Section 8.5.6:

 

Replace

 

“Organizations with direct assignments or allocations from ARIN must have 
efficiently utilized at least 50% of their cumulative IPv4 address blocks in 
order to receive additional space. This includes all space reassigned to their 
customers.”

 

with

 

“Organizations with direct assignments or allocations from ARIN must have 
efficiently utilized at least 50% of their cumulative IPv4 address blocks in 
order to receive additional IPv4 addresses. This includes all IPv4 space 
reassigned to their customers.”

 

Comments:

 

These changes were originally included in ARIN-edit-2021-1. Staff and Legal 
review of ARIN-edit-2021-1 on June 14, 2021 indicated that some changes were 
not editorial in nature. The editorial changes went forward in ARIN-edit-2021-1 
and the non-editorial changes are included here.

 

Timetable for implementation: Immediate

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