[address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published(No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Clean up)(Tore Anderson)

On Jul 24, 2013, at 5:19 PM, sandrabrown at ipv4marketgroup.com wrote:

> I agree 100% that ARIN is the "Odd RIR Out".  Only ARIN pushes for
> needs assessments and other silliness on transfers, and I agree 100%
> that companies will not be silly about spending good money on IPv4
> addresses that may become worthless.  

For the record, both ARIN and APNIC have compatible transfer policies
and many successful transfers completed to date.  See my recent update
from the ARIN 31 meeting: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/curran-transfers.pdf
Incompatibility between RIPE and ARIN on inter-RIR transfer policies 
potentially impacts the communities in both regions, albeit likely in
different ways due to allocation history.

> If, and hopefully when, 2013-03 is implemented, then my
> intention is to put in place
> a new inter-RIR proposal for the RIPE community, at a time the community
> feels is
> appropriate, which allows for transfer of **legacy** IP's currently in
> the ARIN registry.

Interesting concept.

Note that it may be necessary to update ICANN Global Policy ICP-2 first
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/global-addressing/new-rirs-criteria>,
as that global policy specifies some requirements for RIRs agreed to per 
the ICANN MOU, including "regions of coverage", each served by a single RIR.

Periodically reviewing such policies is probably a good idea in any case, as
the Internet evolves over time and policy needs to do likewise.

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN