Thanks for including the history of the original policy. I agree that this restriction is a bit of an anachronism from the free pool days and could safely be relaxed.
Scott > On Mar 25, 2025, at 9:17 AM, ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 20 March 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-341: > Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria” as Draft Policy. > > Draft Policy ARIN-2025-3 is below and can be found at: > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_3 > > 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-2025-3: Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria > > Problem Statement: > > Section 9 of the NRPM, Out of Region Use, requires organizations to use at > least a /22 in the ARIN region before they can justify out of region use. > This harms smaller organizations that have less than a /22 in region but do > require some out of region use. > > Policy statement: > > Modify the following text in Section 9: > > FROM: > > IPv4: At least a /22 used in region. > > TO: > > IPv4: At least a /24 used in region. > > RESULT: > > Out of region use of ARIN registered resources are valid justification for > additional number resources, provided that the applicant has a real and > substantial connection with the ARIN region which applicant must prove (as > described below) and is using the same type of resources (with a delegation > lineage back to an ARIN allocation or assignment) within the ARIN service > region as follows: > > IPv4: At least a /24 used in region > IPv6: At least a /44 used in region > ASN: At least one ASN present on one or more peering sessions and/or routers > within the region > > Comments: > > In my experience when a company needs address space outside of the ARIN > region without at least a /22 in region, they go to RIPE and acquire either > PI or Legacy space (the least expensive option), often acquiring the space > from ARIN sources. > > In the case of an inter-regional ARIN to RIPE transfer, RIPE does require the > recipient to demonstrate need, as required by ARIN. ARIN is losing > registration of the block and annual fees, as well as the recipient transfer > fee. Most of these recipients would much rather keep everything together in > one ARIN account instead of having to go to another registry. > > Looking back over the history of Section 9, it was first proposed by Terri > Stumme in PROP 189 in May 2013, and was abandoned. > > The Second proposal was by David Farmer in PROP 192 in January 2014 and was > abandoned. > > The third proposal was by Christian Tacit in PROP 219 in May 2015. It became > draft policy ARIN-2015-5, implemented July 2016. The AC Shepherds were Tina > Morris and David Huberman. > > In looking over the discussions of the proposals, there was a concern before > ARIN ran out of addresses in 2015 that foreign entities would set up shell > companies in the ARIN region, looking for free addresses. Since ARIN is out > of address space, that fear is no longer valid. If there is a fear of > swindling the already crowded waiting list, it might be prudent to ban out of > region needs demonstration from the waiting list. > > Timetable for implementation: 3 months > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
