Hi John and list,
Since my intention was to allow a maximum of one needs-free transfer per
year, I have changed the proposal to better reflect that.
The proposed change will be a preface to “the recipient must demonstrate the
need for up to a 24 month supply of IP address resources...”
The preface will be “For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for
recipients who have completed a transfer in the prior year..”
The intended effect will be to retain needs testing of all transfers to
recipients who have already completed a transfer in the prior year, and for
all transfers larger than a /16.
If we want to be more permissive and allow for many transfers but only one
being a need-free transfer, the preface would be:
“For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for recipients who have
completed a need-free transfer in the prior year..”
And of course the /16 might end up being a different size if we can discover
a supported-size through list discussion.
Regards,
Mike Burns
ARIN-prop-204 Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers
Date: 16 April 2014
Problem Statement:
ARIN staff, faced with a surge in near-exhaust allocations and subsequent
transfer requests and a requirement for team review of these, is spending
scarce staff time on needs testing of small transfers. This proposal seeks
to decrease overall ARIN processing time through elimination of that needs
test.
Policy statement:
Change the language in NRPM 8.3 after Conditions on the recipient of the
transfer: from "The recipient must demonstrate the need for up to a
24-month supply of IP address resources under current ARIN policies and
sign an RSA." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for
recipients who have completed a transfer in the prior year, the recipient
must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IP address
resources under current ARIN policies and sign an RSA."
Change the language in the third bullet point in NRPM 8.4 after Conditions
on the recipient of the transfer: from "Recipients within the ARIN region
must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 address
space." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for recipients
who have completed a transfer in the prior year, recipients in the ARIN
region must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IP address
resources under current ARIN policies and sign an RSA."
Comments:
Needs testing has been maintained for transfers largely because the
community wishes to ensure protection against hoarding and speculation in
the IPv4 market. This proposal seeks a middle ground between the
elimination of needs tests for transfers altogether, and the continuance
of needs tests for every transfer. This should help ARIN staff to reduce
transfer processing time, since most transfers have been smaller than /16.
Timetable for implementation: Immediate
_______________________________________________
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:
http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
