On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: >> we know a /16 has been allocated. We can't know how they justified it >> because that information is private. Can you produce a -notional- >> justification for a /16 that we all agree is -reasonable-? > > The current policy has been in effect since ARIN-2011-3 was implemented[..]
Yes, yes, only one registrant has thus far had the chutzpah to seek and acquire a /16. I have already acknowledged the truth of that claim; you need not continue repeating it. Perhaps you could stop deflecting the question I asked you in return: Do you, David Farmer, believe there exists a justification for an *initial* allocation of a /16 of IPv6 addresses which would withstand public scrutiny? An allocation to an organization which has never before held ARIN IPv6 addresses. If you do, would you care to offer us such a hypothetical to examine? If indeed there is no justification that would survive public scrutiny, then permitting such an allocation only invites what the public would consider abuse. Shrouding such justifications in standard secrecy further invites quite reasonable suspicion of the ARIN process as well. Your seeming reluctance to offer a hypothetical suggests a potentially good approach here: require any registrant requesting in excess of a /24 of IPv6 address space to survive open publication and public comment on their justification and supporting materials and, subsequent to public comment, win the approval of the Board of Trustees. Those satisfied with a less audacious quantity of IPv6 addresses would continue to be afforded the more private process that exists today. 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.
