Hi Gus,
On 2026-10-12 20:05, Reese, Gus wrote:
ARIN-2026-5 was adopted by as a draft policy in the September 2026
Advisory Council meeting. This draft policy is adding a definition to
section 2 of the Number Resource Policy Manual regarding what is
considered out of region use of ARIN number resources.
Here is the current language:
2.18. Out Of Region Use
The sole use of ARIN-allocated resources in locations outside of the
ARIN service region. This definition does not apply to the
simultaneous use of a given ARIN resource both within the ARIN service
region and in other RIR service regions.
As primary shepherd of this draft policy I welcome any feedback on the
proposed policy.
Based on the PPML discussions, it appears that this matches the common
definition as understood in the community.
Furthermore, it explicitly excludes the simultaneous use of resources
within the ARIN service region and outside of it, e.g. anycast, from
being considered out-of-region use. I think this completely eliminates
any ambiguity when the term is used negatively, i.e. there is no risk
that "out-of-region use is prohibited" would be construed to apply to
anycast by anyone given this definition.
As such, I support the intent of this policy.
As for the language, I wonder if it would be better to change
This definition does not apply to the simultaneous use of a given ARIN
resource both within the ARIN service region and in other RIR service
regions.
to
This definition does not apply to the simultaneous use of a given ARIN
resource both within and outside the ARIN service region.
I feel like this is more compact and also deals with the pedantic
question of resources being used outside of any RIR service region, e.g.
on Low Earth Orbit satellites.
While I don't think this is likely going to lead to any
misunderstandings, if we are going to put an unambiguous definition for
this term, it might as well not have weird grey areas.
Best regards,
Quantum
_______________________________________________
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.
