A couple of nits… 1. I think since this would be effectively a new replacement 4.4, we should make it clear that ARIN is not reserving a new /15, but rather continuing with what is left of the existing reservation.
2. I think that we should retire the renumber and return portion of 4.4.3 as the board suspended it a long time ago and that emergency policy decision was subsequently ratified by the membership. Owen > On Sep 23, 2025, at 09:31, ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 18 September 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following > Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status: > > * ARIN-2024-5: Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 Micro-Allocation > > The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at: > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2024_5/ > > You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML prior to > their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation (PPC). PPML > and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when determining community > consensus. > > 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) > > > Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2024-5: Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 > Micro-Allocation > > AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource > Policy: > > "Following a review of community feedback, staff and legal recommendations, > and AC discussions, Draft Policy ARIN-2024-5: Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 > Micro-Allocation, was found to conform to the principles of the ARIN Policy > Development Process. Based on being fair, impartial, and technically sound, > this Draft Policy was moved to Recommended Draft state by the Advisory > Council. If adopted by the ARIN Board Of Trustees, it would update the NRPM’s > terminology from “Micro-Allocation” to “Critical Internet Infrastructure” in > order to better describe the usage for the resources described in Section > 4.4, as well as clarify qualification and usage requirements for resources > allocated under the section." > > 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 > > 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 exchange points (IXPs), core DNS > service providers (e.g. ICANN-sanctioned root and ccTLD operators) ARIN, and > IANA. > > ICANN-sanctioned gTLD operators may justify up to the equivalent of an IPv4 > /23 block for each authorized gTLD, allocated from the free pool or received > via transfer, but not from the above reservation. This limit of a /23 > equivalent per gTLD does not apply to gTLD allocations made under previous > policy. > > Previous allocations under this policy must continue to meet the > justification requirements of this policy. > > Use of this policy for CII is voluntary; address holders that qualify for CII > allocations may use allocations obtained via other means for CII resources. > ARIN will publish a record of all addresses allocated under this section for > research purposes. > > 4.4.1 Internet Exchange Allocations > > Internet exchange operators must justify their need by providing a minimum of > three initial participants not under common control 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. This justification must > include participant names, ASNs and contact information for each named > participant. The 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 > but must be assigned only to resources directly related to the operation of > the IXP. > > 4.4.2 TLD Allocations > > TLD operators will provide justification of their need and certification of > their status as currently active zone operators. > > 4.4.3 Additional Requests > > A recipient may request up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 resources under this > section. Requests for additional resources under this section will be > evaluated using Section 4.2.4.1’s usage requirements. > > In cases where fulfilling the request by expanding the existing allocation is > not possible, a single prefix sized to accommodate both the prior and > additional requested allocation will be issued to facilitate renumbering. The > original allocation must be returned to ARIN within 12 months of the new > allocation. > > Timetable for Implementation: Immediate. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
