[arin-ppml] Revised - Draft Policy ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on IPv6 Sub-Assignments

ARIN

2018-07-16 18:45:28 UTC

The following has been revised:

* Draft Policy ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on IPv6 Sub-Assignments

Revised text is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2018_4.html

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft
policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as
stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these
principles are:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community

The PDP can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html

Regards,

Sean Hopkins
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

Draft Policy ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on IPv6 Sub-Assignments

Problem Statement:

When the policy was drafted, the concept of assignments/sub-assignments
did not consider the use of IP addresses in hotspots, or the use of IP
addresses by guests or employees in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and
many other similar cases.

Additionally, the IETF has recently approved the use of a unique /64
prefix per interface/host (RFC8273) instead of a unique address. This,
for example, allows users to connect to a hotspot, receive a /64 such
that they are "isolated" from other users (for reasons of security,
regulatory requirements, etc.) and they can also use multiple virtual
machines on their devices with a unique address for each one (within the
same /64).

Section 2.5 (Definitions/Allocate and Assign), explicitly prohibits such
assignments, stating that "Assignments... are not to be sub-assigned to
other parties".

This proposal clarifies this situation in this regard and better define
the concept, particularly considering new uses of IPv6 (RFC8273), by
means of a new paragraph.

Note that the proposal text also incorporates changes made under an
Editorial Change currently awaiting Board of Trustees review, available
here: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_11.html

Policy Statement:

Actual Text, Section 2.5:

• Assign - To assign means to delegate address space to an ISP or
end-user, for specific use within the Internet infrastructure they
operate. Assignments must only be made for specific purposes documented
by specific organizations and are not to be sub-assigned to other parties.

New Text:

• Assignment - Address space delegated to an organization directly by
ARIN for the exclusive use of the recipient organization. A temporary
assignment of address space provided to third parties shall not be
considered an assignment.

Comments

Timetable for implementation:

Immediate

Anything else:

Situation in other regions:

This situation, has already been corrected in RIPE, and the policy was
updated in a similar way, even if right now there is a small discrepancy
between the policy text that reached consensus and the RIPE NCC Impact
Analysis. A new policy proposal has been submitted to amend that, and
the text is the same as presented by this proposal at ARIN. Same text
has also been submitted to AfriNIC, LACNIC and APNIC.
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