ARIN XXII Public Policy Meeting Day One Notes - 15 October 2008 [Archived]

Meeting Called to Order

Speaker: Ray Plzak, ARIN President and CEO

Transcript

Ray Plzak opened the meeting and welcomed those in attendance and participating remotely. Ray began the first day of the ARIN XXII 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 those colleagues from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in attendance and introduced ARIN’s directors. Ray noted that other features of the meeting included the Registration, Billing Services, Election, and Advisory Council Help Desks, the Cyber Café, and a First Timer Lunch. He continued with the following announcements:

• Lee Ellis won the First Timers Luncheon survey raffle.
• There are new remote participation features, in addition to the webcast, including the live transcript, chat rooms for comments, questions and polling, and downloadable versions of all meeting materials.
• Due to the critical nature of this year’s elections for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council, he emphasized the need for all member organizations to participate by casting a ballot.

Ray reviewed the meeting agenda and the printed materials given to each attendee. There were 204 registered attendees, including 61 first time attendees, and approximately 119 joint ARIN/NANOG attendees. He thanked our sponsors; CenterGate Research and the Los Nettos Regional Network. Ray introduced John Curran, Chair of the ARIN Board of Trustees who would be moderating 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 37 individuals viewing or listening to the meeting webcast throughout the proceedings, and 35 registered remote participants.]

ARIN Legal Report

Speaker: Steve Ryan, ARIN Legal Counsel

Transcript

Steve Ryan, ARIN Legal Counsel, gave a brief update on the current status of the legacy resources and the Legacy Registration Services Agreement and Registration Services Agreement.

Highlights included:

• We have signed 140 Legacy Registration Services Agreements, and 350 (including the 140) are in process.
• We are performing one-off changes, when appropriate, to make the language accommodate specific legacy resource holders.
• ARIN has replied to every inquiry regarding changes and there is an increased number of interested parties as a result.
• ARIN is revising the current RSA and expects to roll out the revision in January.
• The new RSA will not increase ARIN’s rights, and resource holders will have the option of adopting the new RSA or continuing under their current agreement.

Regional PDP Report

Speaker: Einar Bohlin, ARIN Policy Analyst

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Einar Bohlin discussed policy development in the 5 Regional Internet Registry (RIR) regions, and offered comparisons to show the global interest in specific resource issues. Einar pointed out the value of the “RIR Comparative Policy Overview,” available on the Number Resource Organization website, which is updated quarterly.

Highlights included:

• Across all RIRs, there are currently 31 policy proposals being discussed
• Policy proposals under discussion at ARIN XXII were shown for comparison of status in the other RIRs

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

Internet Number Resource Status Report

Speaker: Leslie Nobile, ARIN Director of Registration Services

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Leslie Nobile presented an NRO report on the current status of all allocated and available Internet number resources as of 30 June 2008. This report is updated quarterly by all the RIRs and provides up-to-date statistics on rates of number resource consumption.

Other highlights included:

• Status of the 256 /8s and IPv4 allocation rates by region from 1999 to 2007, and through the second quarter of 2008
• ASN assignment rates by region from 1999 to 2007, and through the second quarter of 2008
• IPv6 allocations to the RIRs, and RIR IPv6 allocations and assignments by region from 1999 to 2007, and through the second quarter of 2008
• Links to all the historical data and raw statistics

2008-4 Minimum Allocation in the Caribbean Region

Speaker: Paul Andersen, ARIN Advisory Council

Introduction: PDF

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Ray Plzak presented an introduction to the proposal. Highlights included:

• Authors: Cathy Aronson and Paul Andersen
• Advisory Council shepherds: Heather Schiller and Matt Pounsett
• Introduced on PPML and designated as a formal policy on 16 May 2008. It was discussed at the May 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica and the September 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas. It was last revised on 18 August 2008.
• There is no similar proposal under consideration in another RIR region.
• Presentation of Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation link above for details]

Paul Andersen, a co-author of the proposal, continued with the presentation of the proposal. He provided a summary of the proposal and its rationale.

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, John Curran took a straw poll to determine the sense of the room, and requested that remote participants submit their votes. After the tally was conducted, John stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

IPv6 Routing Table Report

Speaker: Cathy Aronson

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Cathy Aronson presented the IPv6 routing table report, which demonstrated growth of the IPv6 routing table. The report featured charts showing trends for 2002 to the present, the last six months, and the RIR prefixes allocated for the last 24 months broken out by RIR region and country.

Highlights:

• The routing table for IPv6 now exceeds 1000 prefixes
• Illustrated what has been allocated vs. what is being routed, and why
• Provided data on notable allocations, spikes in announcements, research in progress, and information about IPv6 prefixes in the RIPE IRR (Internet Routing Registry).

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

IPv6 Penetration Study

Speaker: kc claffy, CAIDA

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

kc claffy presented the results of the IPv6 global penetration study held 8 September to 1 October 2008. This was a follow-up to the survey conducted in the ARIN region in March 2008 and presented in April at ARIN XXI. The survey was expanded to include all 5 RIRs.

Highlights:

• Caveats: we lack a good definition for IPv6 “use”, we don’t know if we had multiple respondents from the same organization, and the expanded scope makes it hard to compare to the earlier survey
• We are starting to build a history that will be useful for future research on IPv6 usage
• Organization demographics were very similar to those reported in the March survey
• Most respondents came from Europe. Note: this is grouped by operations, not by where they get resources
• Discussed hurdles to IPv6 adoption, and details about earlier adopters use of v6

In closing, kc suggested that the community make an effort to distill the discussion and ideas on this topic.

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

2008-3: Community Networks IPv6 Allocation

Speaker: Lea Roberts, Advisory Council

Introduction: PDF

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Ray Plzak presented an introduction to the proposal.

Highlights included:

• Author: Joshua King
• Advisory Council shepherds: Lea Roberts and Stacy Hughes
• Introduced on PPML on 11 February 2008, designated as a formal policy on 4 March 2008. It was discussed at ARIN XXI, the May 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, and the September 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas. It was last revised on 16 September 2008.
• Presentation of Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation link above for details]

Lea Roberts, as the Advisory Council shepherd, continued with the presentation of the proposal. She provided a summary of the proposal and its rationale.

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

At the end of discussion, John Curran took a straw poll to determine the sense of the room, and requested that remote participants submit their votes. After the tally was conducted, John stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

RIR Update - AFRINIC

Speaker: Badru Ntege, AFRINIC Board Member

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Badru Ntege gave a presentation on the status of the organization and happenings in the region.

Highlights:

• Organization structure changes and new staff
• Number resource statistics for the region
• Training, Policy, Cooperative, and Outreach activities
• AFRINIC 8 report

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

IANA Activities Report

Speaker: Barbara Roseman, IANA General Manager

Presentation: PDF

Transcript

Barbara Roseman gave an update on IANA activities.

Highlights:

• There are 39 available free IPv4 /8s, and the consumption rate appears to be lower in 2008 due to how the RIRs are requesting address space
• The IPv4 address space and AS numbers registries have been published in XML
• Developing XML format for the IPv4 and IPv6 registries with the IETF
• Worked with the NRO to update the AS number registry
• Operated a DNSSEC platform for over a year, and there is a proposal to sign the production DNS root

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

2008-2: IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal

Speaker: Scott Leibrand, ARIN AC

Introduction: PDF

Presentation: PDF
Transcript

Ray Plzak presented an introduction to the proposal.

Highlights included:

• Author: ARIN Advisory Council
• Advisory Council shepherds: Scott Leibrand and Stacy Hughes
• Introduced on PPML on 11 February 2008, designated as a formal policy on 26 February 2008. It was discussed at ARIN XXI, the May 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, and the September 2008 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas. It was revised on 18 September 2008.
• Ongoing discussion of similar proposals in APNIC and RIPE NCC regions.
• Presentation of Staff Impact Analysis, Legal Review, Staff Comments, and overview of PPML discussion activity. [see presentation link above for details]

Scott Leibrand, as a representative of the Advisory Council, continued with the presentation of the proposal. Scott presented on the topic of current policy, the history and rationale of this proposal, how the Advisory Council came to author it, and provided an overview of the text.

For discussion details, please see the transcript.

The discussion of 2008-2 continued for the duration of the meeting. At 5PM, John Curran closed the microphones and said that the discussion would continue when the meeting reconvened Thursday morning.

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