Draft Policy ARIN-2025-7

Make Policy in 6.5.8.2 Match the Examples

Status: Under Discussion
Shepherds: Lily Botsyoe, Leif Sawyer

Current Text (1 July 2025)

Problem Statement:

6.5.8.2 states “An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix.” and then follows with “For example: More than 1 but less than or equal to 12 sites justified, receives a /44 assignment;” implying that a single site should only receive a /48. However, 1 /48 exceeds 75% of the /48s available in a /48 (1), so per the rule an organization with a single site should receive a /44, which differs from the example.

Policy Statement:

In 6.5.8.2 replace “An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix.”

with

“An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix unless they only have a single site.”

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate

Comments: Another way to fix the discrepancy would be to allocate a /44 for end users with a single site, but given the context of 6.5.8.2 it appears that the current intent of policy is for a single site end user to receive a /48.

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