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Principles
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Subject: [arin-ppml] LAST CALL: Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR
Principles
The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 11 October 2013 and decided to send the
following draft policy to last call:
Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles
The draft has been revised in accordance with changes that were presented at
the ARIN Public Policy Consultation at NANOG 59 and at ARIN 32. The Section
Title was changed to "Principles and Goals of the American Registry for
Internet Numbers (ARIN)," and an example was moved from the third paragraph of
Stewardship to the comments section.
Feedback is encouraged during the last call period. All comments should be
provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This last call will expire on 30
October 2013. After last call the AC will conduct their last call review.
The draft policy text is below and available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/
The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
Regards,
Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4
RIR Principles
Date: 16 October 2013
Policy Statement:
Section 0: Principles and Goals of the American Registry for Internet Numbers
(ARIN)
0.1. Registration
The principle of registration guarantees the uniqueness of Internet number
resources.
Provision of this public registry documenting Internet number resource
allocation, reallocation, assignment, and reassignment is necessary:
a) to ensure uniqueness,
b) to provide a contact in case of operational/security problems,
c) to provide the transparency required to ensure that Internet number
resources are efficiently utilized, and
d) to assist in IP allocation studies.
0.2. Conservation
The principle of conservation guarantees sustainability of the Internet through
efficient utilization of unique number resources.
Due to the requirement for uniqueness, Internet number resources of each type
are drawn from a common number space. Conservation of these common number
spaces requires that Internet number resources be efficiently distributed to
those organizations who have a technical need for them in support of
operational networks.
0.3. Routability
The principle of routability guarantees that Internet number resources are
managed in such a manner that they may be routed on the Internet in a scalable
manner.
While routing scalability is necessary to ensure proper operation of Internet
routing, allocation or assignment of Internet number resources by ARIN in no
way guarantees that those addresses will be routed by any particular network
operator.
0.4. Stewardship
The principle of stewardship guarantees the application of these principles
when managing Internet number resources.
The fundamental purpose of Internet number stewardship is to distribute unique
number resources to entities building and operating networks thereby
facilitating the growth and sustainability of the Internet for the benefit of
all.
It should be noted that the above goals may sometimes be in conflict with each
other and with the interests of individual end-users or network operators. Care
must be taken to ensure balance with these conflicting goals given the resource
availability, relative size of the resource, and number resource specific
technical dynamics, for each type of number resource.
Comments:
a. Timetable for implementation: immediately
b. I believe that it would be beneficial for IANA to adopt these principles as
well, and encourage the community to consider a global policy proposal.
Text removed from third paragraph of Stewardship above:
For example, Conservation often requires greater consideration in IPv4 address
distribution due to the limited size of the address space, Routability has a
higher weight for the massive IPv6 address space, and AS numbers place the
highest value on Registration because they come from a moderately sized pool
and are not subject to aggregation.
AC's assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource
Policy:
ARIN-2013-4 "RIR Principles" was moved to recommended draft policy status for
adoption discussion at ARIN 32. The majority of the AC believes that
documenting the existing principles under which ARIN operates uniquely enables
fair and impartial number resource administration and that these principles are
technically sound, based on their history and heritage. The AC also notes that
the current text, after being revised to incorporate staff and community
feedback, now has community support.
Problem Statement:
The original text in RFC 2050 both "describes the registry system for the
distribution of globally unique Internet address space and registry operations"
and provides "rules and guidelines [principles] governing the distribution of
this address space."
The currently proposed update (RFC2050bis) "provides information about the
current Internet Numbers Registry System used in the distribution of globally
unique Internet Protocol (IP) address space and autonomous system (AS) numbers"
and "provides information about the processes for further evolution of the
Internet Numbers Registry System."
This means that the guiding principles of stewardship are not currently being
carried forward into the new document. The goals of Conservation (efficient
utilization based on need), Routability (hierarchical aggregation), and
Registration (uniqueness) are as important, if not more so, now that the
transition to IPv6 is upon us. This can be rectified by documenting these
principles in RIR policy.
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ARIN Staff and Legal Assessment
DRAFT NUMBER AND NAME: 2013-4
Principles and Goals of the Internet Registry System
DATE: 17 September 2013
1. Summary (Staff Understanding)
This policy would add text to the NRPM which codifies the guiding principles of
the registry system as registration, conservation, routability, and stewardship.
2. Comments
A. ARIN Staff Comments
· This proposal text is clear.
· Staff notes that the proposal does not appear to change any existing
processes or procedures.
· It appears that the author's intent is to add these statements as guiding
principles into the NRPM.
· Their inclusion into the policy manual will make it more clear to the
community the principles under which ARIN has operated.
· For reference, the term “Registration” already exists in NRPM as
follows:
· 4.2.3.7. Registration - Refers to ISPs providing reassignment information,
so it's not applicable.
· 6.3.3. Registration - This section has some overlap, could be reduced, but
also refers to privacy.
· 6.5.5. Registration - Refers to reassignment information, so it's not
applicable.
· The term “Conservation” exists already in 6.3.5 but is different and
specific to IPv6.
· The addition of the term “Routability” would make a portion of NRPM
4.1.1 redundant.
· The term "Stewardship" would add that word anew to the NRPM.
· The statement about conflicting goals should not refer to any specific type
of number resource if it is a principle.
o Suggestion - Allow the specific conflicts to exist in the particular section.
Remove everything from "For example" on.
· Note also that NRPM 6.3.8 already talks about conflict of goals, noting
"aggregation" as the most important goal for IPv6.
· Staff suggests different placement/numbering, in particular, moving the
introduction text up into the Abstract section before the TOC, thus freeing up
Section 1 for “RIR Principles”.
· It is worth noting that the ARIN Policy Development Process contains the
following:
"4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy” Internet number resource
policy must satisfy three important principles, specifically:
1) enabling fair and impartial number resource administration, 2) technically
sound (providing for uniqueness and usability of number resources), and 3)
supported by the community."
Furthermore that the RFC 7020 contains references to “1) Allocation Pool
Management, 2) Hierarchical Allocation, and 3) Registration Accuracy”. It is
suggested that the policy text be reviewed to avoid duplication with these
existing principles.
B. ARIN General Counsel - Legal Assessment
The text of the policy does not create a material legal issue for ARIN.
Any effort like this to accurately incorporate in writing the concepts that
animate ARIN's activity is a positive development.
3. Resource Impact
This policy would have minimal resource impact from an implementation aspect.
It is estimated that implementation would occur within 3 months after
ratification by the ARIN Board of Trustees. The following would be needed in
order to implement:
A. Updated guidelines
B. Staff training
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