> > > Draft Policy ARIN-2022-8: Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language > > Problem Statement: > > Section 11 of the NRPM contains a great deal of language that is either > explicitly not policy, or is not impactful on ARIN's administration of > Internet number resources for experimental allocations, or to the customers > requesting said resources. A revision to transform Section 11 into a > collection of policies for experimental allocations serves to make the > Section more easily digested by the reader, and a more functional reference > for customers and ARIN staff during experimental allocation requests. > > Policy Statement: > > Section 11 Overview > > Current text: > > 11. Experimental Internet Resource Allocations > > ARIN will allocate Numbering Resources to entities requiring temporary > Numbering Resources for a fixed period of time under the terms of recognized > experimental activity. > > "Numbering Resources" refers to unicast IPv4 or IPv6 address space and > Autonomous System numbers. > The following are the criteria for this policy: > > Proposed text: > > 11. Experimental Internet Resource Allocations > > ARIN will allocate Number Resources to organizations requiring temporary > Number Resources for a fixed period of time under the terms of a recognized > experimental activity. > > Section 11.1 > > Current text: > > 11.1. Documentation of Recognized Experimental Activity > > A Recognized Experimental Activity is one where the experiment's objectives > and practices are described in a publicly accessible document. It is a normal > requirement that a Recognized Experimental Activity also includes the > undertaking that the experiment's outcomes be published in a publicly > accessible document at the end of the experiment. The conditions for > determining the end of the experiment are to be included in the document. > Applicants for an experimental allocation are expected to demonstrate an > understanding that when the experiment ends, the allocation will be returned; > a successful experiment may need a new allocation under normal policies in > order to continue in production or commercial use, but will not retain the > experimental allocation. > > A "publicly accessible document" is a document that is publicly and openly > available free of charges and free of any constraints of disclosure. > > ARIN will not recognize an experimental activity under this policy if the > entire research experiment cannot be publicly disclosed. > > ARIN has a strong preference for the recognition of experimental activity > documentation in the form of a document which has been approved for > publication by the IESG or by a similar mechanism as implemented by the IETF. > > Proposed text: > > 11.1. Eligibility Criteria for Recognized Experimental Activity > > The eligibility criteria for a recognized experimental activity under this > policy are: > > The experiment’s description and objectives are published in a publicly > accessible document, which for the purpose of this policy means that the > document is readily available free of charges to the public, and free of any > constraints of disclosure within one year after the end of the experiment;
Said document should also be required to be made available to ARIN for approval of the allocation/assignment. > > The experiment’s outcomes must also be published in a publicly accessible > document; > > * Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically sound > within the meaning of ARIN’s Policy Development Process; > > * Demonstration to ARIN that the experimental activity is technically > coordinated in that consideration of any potential negative impact of the > proposed experiment on the operation of the Internet and its deployed > services has been considered, and a description of experimenter mitigation > plans to contain any negative impacts has been provided. Should we consider requiring ARIN (and/or the experiment organizer(s)) to publish the intent to issue an allocation/assignment and contact information for how to report negative impacts and/or request mitigation? Otherwise, looks good to me. Owen
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