The following Draft Policy has been revised:
*ARIN-2024-5: Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 Micro-Allocation
Revised text is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2024_5/
You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate
the discussion 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,
Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Draft Policy ARIN-2024-5: Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 Micro-Allocation
Problem Statement:
The current NRPM Section 4.4 language hasn’t aged well. As the ARIN 53 policy
experience report demonstrated, 4.4 has also become difficult to implement by
ARIN staff. The growth and use of Internet Exchanges have also changed. The
overhaul seeks to improve technical soundness, respect the privilege of a
dedicated pool and to more closely observe conservation principles using clear,
minimum and enforceable requirements and underscoring the value of routability
of allocated prefixes as required.
Policy Statement:
4.4 Critical Internet Infrastructure (CII) Allocations
The intent of this policy is not to unreasonably preclude the use of an
allocated prefix in servicing the needs of Critical Internet Infrastructure.
ARIN will reserve a /15 equivalent of IPv4 address space for Critical Internet
Infrastructure (CII) within the ARIN RIR service area. Allocations from this
pool will be no smaller than a /24. Sparse allocation will be used whenever
practical. CII includes Internet Exchanges, IANA-authorized root servers, ccTLD
operators, ARIN, and IANA. Addresses allocated from this pool may be revoked if
they are no longer in use or not used for approved purposes. Only Section 8.2
transfers are allowed. Use of this policy for CII is voluntary. ARIN will
publish all 4.4 allocated addresses for research purposes.
4.4.1 Internet Exchange Allocations
Internet Exchange operators must justify their need by providing the following:
* A minimum of three initial participants connected to a shared, physical
switching fabric to be used for the purpose of the exchange of data destined
for and between the respective networks
* Justification must include:
- Three unique participant names and ASNs not under common control
- Direct contact information for each participant
* Staff can reasonably validate hardware existence and the participant's intent
* Applicant’s Internet Exchange affiliated ASNs are not eligible to be included
in meeting the participant requirement
* Allocated addresses may be publicly reachable at the operator's discretion
and be used to operate all of the Internet Exchange's infrastructure
4.4.2 Root and ccTLD Allocations
Root and ccTLD operators will provide justification of their need and
certification of their status as currently active zone operators.
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