Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Ryerse
Yup! There isn't a need to differentiate these organizations types in allocation policies, except if there is a technical requirement that ARIN has to address that only applies to one or a subset of organization types. Otherwise it is just an organization that wants to use the Internet and thes

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Ryerse
-Original Message- From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:50 PM To: Steven Ryerse Cc: arin-ppml@arin.net Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Steven Ryerse wrote: > Correct, the M

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:00 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:34 PM, William Herrin wrote: What about Comcast? They're in the business of providing cable televis

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Ryerse
I don’t view this to be needs based at all, I view it to be a way to right size allocations without the needs tests. For example nowhere does it ask for router ARP logs or any other form of proof of need nor does it ask how long it will take to use up the allocation. It just asks what size net

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
Personally, I think ARIN is in error in that interpretation, but that is just my personal opinion and carries no actual weight with anyone other than me. I would suggest that you contact Leslie or John and request that your situation be reviewed by management. I know that there are a number of V

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:00 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:34 PM, William Herrin wrote: >>> What about Comcast? They're in the business of providing cable >>> television service. They'll also provide you with Internet acces

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Steven Ryerse wrote: > Correct, the Missions Statement isn't policy but policies all need to flow > from and be in alignment with the Mission Statement. It exists to help guide > ARIN and this community in day to day matters. I don't know who wrote the > origina

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Jon Daniels
Is a VPS company an ISP or an end user? ARIN told me in a ticket regarding an initial IPv4 end-user request (this is yesterday) that the virtual server (VPS) company i work for, is NOT an end-user, but is an ISP. Each virtual servers uses less than a /29, and we do not do SWIP, reallocate, or rea

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:24 PM, George Herbert wrote: > $COFFEESHOP central networking may allocate a netblock to each location, but > they're internal customers not external. One can make the case that the > individual access then makes the overall organization an ISP from there. > > $HOTELCHAI

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread John Curran
On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Steven Ryerse wrote: > Correct, the Missions Statement isn't policy but policies all need to flow > from and be in alignment with the Mission Statement. It exists to help guide > ARIN and this community in day to day matters. I don't know who wrote the > original

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread George Herbert
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:30 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:34 PM, William Herrin wrote: > >> What about Comcast? They're in the business of providing cable > >> television service. They'll also provide you with Internet

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Ryerse
Correct, the Missions Statement isn't policy but policies all need to flow from and be in alignment with the Mission Statement. It exists to help guide ARIN and this community in day to day matters. I don't know who wrote the original Mission Statement - maybe IANA and NSF and others were invo

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:34 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> What about Comcast? They're in the business of providing cable >> television service. They'll also provide you with Internet access on >> the same coax cable with the modem they rent you. >

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread David Farmer
On 7/17/13 16:13 , William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:36 PM, William Herrin wrote: Google assignes IP addresses to its servers for SSL. Google owns the servers. The servers cache content from other servers they don't own and index i

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:43 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:36 PM, William Herrin wrote: >>> Google assignes IP addresses to its servers for SSL. Google owns the >>> servers. The servers cache content from other servers they

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:34 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Krejci wrote: >> Here is my newbie and possibly naive response. >> >> Without additional details on individual cases in the list, I would expect >> all of those cases to be "end-users" as none of them

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 3:51 PM, "Alexander, Daniel" wrote: > Owen, > > Your reply sounds circular to me. Is the process of explaining resources > complicated because they are end users or ISP's, or are they complicated > because the policy requirements have made them so by creating all the > dist

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:36 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> Google assignes IP addresses to its servers for SSL. Google owns the >> servers. The servers cache content from other servers they don't own >> and index it for searching by google users. >

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:36 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Having made applications under both policy frameworks and >> having been active in authoring policies on both sides of the >> spectrum, I think that the needs of these two different >> co

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Krejci wrote: > Here is my newbie and possibly naive response. > > Without additional details on individual cases in the list, I would expect > all of those cases to be "end-users" as none of them are in the business of > reallocating address blocks. Right

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
You've just described pretty much what happens now. This is, to me at least, indistinguishable other than a few subtle operational details from the current needs-basis policy and process(es). Owen On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Steven Ryerse wrote: > If you are publicly traded and your company’

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Alexander, Daniel
Owen, Your reply sounds circular to me. Is the process of explaining resources complicated because they are end users or ISP's, or are they complicated because the policy requirements have made them so by creating all the distinctions? All the issues you mention are because the policies are differ

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Justin Krejci
Here is my newbie and possibly naive response. Without additional details on individual cases in the list, I would expect all of those cases to be "end-users" as none of them are in the business of reallocating address blocks. Right or wrong I've always been under the impression this to be the

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Having made applications under both policy frameworks and > having been active in authoring policies on both sides of the > spectrum, I think that the needs of these two different > communities in terms of how they justify resources are, > in f

Re: [arin-ppml] Initial ISP Allocation Policy

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
> The point I'm trying to make is that the distinction between the network > definitions may apply to how the resource assignments should be tracked, > but they should be less of a factor in how the resources are obtained. > This becomes even more relevant in todays world where transfers will soon

Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised

2013-07-17 Thread Owen DeLong
There was a notice sent out several months ago about the mission statement change. This was an action of the BoT. I remember receiving the notice. I don't remember which list(s) I received it on, but most likely arin-announce and/or arin-discuss. Owen Sent from my iPad On Jul 16, 2013, at 2: