ARIN XXVII Public Policy Meeting Day 1 Notes - 11 April 2011 [Archived]

Opening and Announcements

Speaker: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Transcript

John Curran opened the meeting and welcomed those in attendance.

John began the first day of the ARIN XXVII Public Policy Meeting by making meeting-related announcements and introducing those present from the ARIN Board of Trustees, the ARIN Advisory Council, and the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council. He also acknowledged the colleagues from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in attendance and introduced ARIN’s management team and Meeting Fellowship recipients. John noted that other features of the meeting included the Registration Services help desk the ARIN Information Center and a NANOG membership desk. He continued with the following announcements:

• 118 total registered ARIN attendees, including six from Canada, 76 from the United States, nine from the Caribbean, and seven from outside the ARIN region. There were 26 registered remote participants.
• Thank you to ARIN XXVII network connectivity sponsor, AT&T.
• John discussed the First Timers’ Orientation and held the First Timers’ Raffle, which was won by Darren Norman. He also announced the winners of the Sunday evening foosball tournament. After brief mention of the Sunday afternoon tutorials John reminded attendees that ARIN needs their feedback on those programs in order to plan future tutorials.

John reviewed the meeting agenda and the printed materials given to each attendee.

At the beginning of the meeting, approximately 90 people were in attendance. Tim Denton moderated discussions throughout the day.

[ARIN offered the opportunity for remote participation throughout the meeting. Comments from remote participants are read aloud at the meeting and are integrated into the meeting report. There were approximately 34 individuals viewing the meeting webcast throughout the proceedings, and 36 registered remote participants.]

AC On-Docket Proposals Report

Speaker: John Sweeting, ARIN Advisory Council Chair

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Sweeting provided an overview of current policy proposals that have not yet become draft policies, but are on the AC docket.

Highlights Included:

• ARIN-prop-126 Compliance Requirement
  • Added to AC’s docket 28 JAN 2011
  • Revised 16 FEB 2011
  • Not selected for ARIN XXVII
• Two new proposals, which the AC will review and make an “add to docket?” decision on 13 April
  • ARIN-prop-137: Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA
    • AC shepherds: David Farmer, Chris Grundemann
  • ARIN-prop-138: IPv6 Size Category Alignment
    • AC shepherds: Cathy Aronson, Chris Grundemann

There were no questions or comments at the end of the presentation.

Regional PDP Report

Speaker: Leslie Nobile, Director of Registration Services

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Leslie Nobile discussed policy development in the five RIR regions, and offered comparisons to show the global interest in specific resource issues.

Highlights included:

• A comparison of all the proposals that are being discussed in the various regions, most of which revolve around IPv4.
• Current draft policies to be discussed at ARIN XXVII

For discussion details please see the transcript.

Draft Policy 2011-2: Protecting Number Resources

Introduction: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Speaker: Marc Crandall, ARIN Advisory Council
Introduction: PDF
Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Curran presented an introduction to the proposal. Highlights included:

• Advisory Council shepherds: Marc Crandall and Scott Leibrand
• Introduced on PPML on 5 November 2010 (ARIN-prop-120) and designated as a draft policy 28 January 2011. Current version 28 January 2011
• LACNIC has had a similar policy in effect for years
• Presentation of Draft Policy Summary, Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity

Marc Crandall continued with the presentation of the proposal. Marc presented the text of the proposal and then the rationale

Discussion Highlights included:

• Concern about the overall return on investment involved in having ARIN proactively seek out resources that have been fraudulently obtained or abandoned
• Suggestions to find a middle ground where the transfer market or existing security entities may take care of the “low-hanging fruit” without spending an unjustified amount of time on a reclamation project
• Suggestions on wording the proposal differently so as not to leave the time commitment from ARIN so open-ended
• Belief that ARIN’s role is better served as “the responder to an issue, rather than the instigator”

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, Tim Denton asked for a show of hands to determine those in favor and those against the draft policy (remote participants were invited to participate). After the tally was conducted, Tim Denton stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

Draft Policy 2011-6: Returned IPv4 Addresses

Introduction: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Speaker: Cathy Aronson, ARIN Advisory Council
Introduction: PDF
Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Curran presented an introduction to the proposal. Highlights included:

• Advisory Council shepherds: Cathy Aronson and Chris Grundemann
• Introduced on PPML on 27 January 2011(ARIN-prop-131) and designated as a draft policy 17 February 2011. Current version 10 March 2011
• No similar policies or proposals at other RIRs
• Presentation of Draft Policy Summary, Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation and transcript links above for details]

Cathy Aronson continued with the presentation of the proposal. Cathy presented the text of the proposal and then the rationale

Discussion Highlights included:

• Concern regarding ARIN’s potential restrictions keeping available IPv4 space within the ARIN region in a time of global need
• Suggestions that returned space would be better left in our community than returned to the IANA free pool where it may be held down
• Suggestion that a clause be placed into the proposal text stating that the proposal itself may be revoked should a global policy cover returned address space/inter-RIR transfers of returned IPv4 space

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, Tim Denton asked for a show of hands to determine those in favor and those against the draft policy (remote participants were invited to participate). After the tally was conducted, Tim Denton stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

Draft Policy 2011-1: Globally Coordinated Transfer Policy

Introduction: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Speaker: Bill Darte, ARIN Advisory Council
Introduction: PDF
Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Curran presented an introduction to the proposal. Highlights included:

• Advisory Council shepherds: Bill Darte and Robert Seastrom
• Introduced on PPML on 11 October 2010 (ARIN-prop-119) and designated as a draft policy 28 January 2011. Current version 23 December 2010
• APNIC has a similar policy proposal in last call until 26 April
• Presentation of Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation and transcript links above for details]

Bill Darte continued with the presentation of the proposal. Bill presented the text of the proposal and then the rationale.

Discussion Highlights included:

• Discussion of inter-RIR transfer requirements and whether they should be enforced at the source side and/or destination side
• Suggestion for the shepherds to clarify the needs-based requirements as they apply to entities existing in multiple regions

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, Tim Denton asked for a show of hands to determine those in favor and those against the draft policy (remote participants were invited to participate). After the tally was conducted, Tim Denton stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

RIR Update - LACNIC

Speaker: Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director, LACNIC

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Raúl presented a report on the activities of the LACNIC community and staff.

Highlights included:

• Membership update
• 4.486 /8 remaining
• Important projects:
  • Customer orientation
  • IPv6 deployment
  • RPKI
  • DNSSEC
  • Quality certification
• LACNIC XV to be held in Cancun, Mexico, 15-20 May 2011

There were no questions or comments at the end of the presentation.

Draft Policy 2011-4: Reserved Pool for Critical Infrastructure

Introduction: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Speaker: Scott Leibrand, ARIN Advisory Council
Introduction: PDF
Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Curran presented an introduction to the proposal. Highlights included:

• Advisory Council shepherds: Scott Leibrand and David Farmer
• Introduced on PPML on 19 November 2010 (ARIN-prop-123) and designated as a draft policy 28 January 2011. Current version 23 November 2010
• APNIC and Ripe NCC have adopted similar policies
• Presentation of Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation and transcript links above for details]

Scott Leibrand continued with the presentation of the proposal. Scott presented the text of the proposal and then the rationale.

Discussion Highlights included:

• Discussion over whether or not to increase the proposed reserve to a /12 or /10
• Clarification that ARIN has a substantial amount of space set aside for micro-allocations as is
• Discussion of the ambiguity of “critical infrastructure”
• Clarification that the proposed /16 may not be available in the future should this policy not be implemented

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, Tim Denton asked for a show of hands to determine those in favor and those against the draft policy (remote participants were invited to participate). After the tally was conducted, Tim Denton stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

RIR Update - APNIC

Speaker: Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist, APNIC

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Geoff Huston presented a report on the activities of the APNIC community and staff.

Highlights included:

• Resource Services update
• APNIC policy updates
• APNIC activities
• R&D
• IPv6 program
• 2011 Member and Stakeholder Survey
• New Building & Business Continuity Plan
• APNIC 32 to be held in Busan, South Korea, 28 August - 1 September 2011

There were no questions or comments at the end of the presentation.

Internet Number Resource Status Report

Speaker: Leslie Nobile, Director of Registration Services

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Leslie Nobile presented an NRO report on the current status of all IPv4 address, IPv6 address, and Autonomous System numbers as of 31 March 2011. This report is updated quarterly by all the RIRs and provides up-to-date statistics on rates of IPv4, IPv6, and AS number resource consumption.

Highlights included:

• Status of the 256 /8s and IPv4 allocation rates by region from 1999 to 2010, and for the first quarter of 2011
  • Zero /8s left in the global pool of addresses
  • APNIC has issued 5.18 /8s to their customers in the first three months of the year
  • Most of the growth in IPv4 is in the APNIC region
• ASN assignment rates by region from 1999 to 2009, and for the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2009
• IPv6 allocations to the RIRs, and RIR IPv6 allocations by region from 1999 to 2010, and for the first quarter of 2011
• Links to all historical data and raw statistics

At the conclusion of the presentation, comments and questions were taken from the floor. For discussion details, please see transcript.

NRO NC Report

Speaker: Louie Lee, ASO AC Chair

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Louis Lee presented an overview of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) / Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC), and provided a report on its activities.

Ron da Silva was unable to present.

Highlights included:

• Brief overview of the NRO NC and its role and functions
• Explained the 3 current Global Policy Proposals and the status of each
• GPP-IPv4-2011: Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA has not reached a point where it can be discussed at ARIN XXVII
• New ASO AC Global Policy Proposal page with status of each at the five RIRs

There were no comments or questions from the floor at the conclusion of the presentation.

Specified Transfer Listing Service

Speaker: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

John Curran presented an overview of the Specified Transfer Listing Service (STLS) provided by ARIN.

Highlights included:

• Brief overview of the role and functions of ARIN’s STLS
• Noted it is not a requirement to use STLS when conducting a 8.3 transfer
• Types of participants involved
• STLS Uses
  • Offering address space to those with need
  • Finding address space from those that have it
  • Matching those who have with those who need
  • Verifying qualified respondents to your online ad for address space

After the presentation, questions were taken from the floor. For discussion details, see the transcript.

Policy Experience and Implementation Report

Speaker: Leslie Nobile, Director of Registration Services

Policy Implementation Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Leslie Nobile updated the community on the recently implemented policies and their operational impact.

These policies included:

• ARIN-2009-6: “IANA Policy for Allocation of ASNs to RIRs”
• ARIN-2010-8: “Rework of IPv6 assignment criteria”
• ARIN-2010-1: “Waiting List for Unmet IPv4 Requests”
• ARIN-2010-12 : “IPv6 Subsequent Allocation”

Leslie also provided operational feedback on other policies:

• NRPM 4.2.3.3 Multi-homed Connection (for End-Users)
• NRPM 4.10 Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment
• NRPM 3.6 Annual Whois POC Validation

After the presentation, questions were taken from the floor. For discussion details, see the transcript.

Policy Experience Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Leslie then presented an overview of existing policies and their gaps/ambiguities in an effort to identify areas where new or modified policy may be needed.

Highlights Included:

• Ambiguities in NRPM
  • NRPM 2.2 – “Regional Internet Registry”
  • NRPM 2.4 Local Internet Registry
  • NRPM 2.4 “End-User”
  • NRPM 8.3 “Transfers to Specified Recipients”
  • NRPM 10.3 “IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs”
• Questions for the community

After the presentation, questions were taken from the floor. For discussion details, see the transcript.

NRO Activities Report

Speaker: Raúl Echeberría, Chair, NRO Executive Council PDF

Transcript

Raúl Echeberría offered a brief update on activities within the NRO, highlighting participation in the Internet governance forums.

Highlights included:

• Overview of NRO role and functions
• Update on ICANN meetings
  • Cartagena, Columbia – December 2010
  • San Francisco, USA – March 2011
• NRO participation in IGF meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania – September 2010
• Participation in ITU and OECD
• Current global coordination activities – focus on RPKI implementation

After the presentation, questions were taken from the floor. For discussion details, please see the transcript.

Open Microphone

Moderator: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Transcript

John Curran moderated an open microphone session. Highlights included:

• Discussion of potentially changing ARIN’s 12-month documented need requirement in transfer policies to 24 months
• Discussion of what ARIN’s Board and AC consider an “emergency policy,” and whether a set of guidelines could be set regarding what constitutes an emergency in the eyes of ARIN and its members

Closing Announcements and Adjournment

Speaker: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

Transcript

John Curran concluded the day by reminding those in attendance that ARIN staff would be interviewing attendees in the ballroom foyer the following day as part of the “Question of the Day” video project. John again thanked AT&T for their sponsorship of the network connectivity at ARIN XXVII, and described the night’s social event at The Latin Roots. John also reminded attendees that the next day’s proceedings would begin at 9:00 AM.

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