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Phoenix, AZ - 17 August 2010 Raleigh, NC – 19 August 2010. Internet Governance. Richard Jimmerson Chief Information Officer. Number Resource Provisioning Hierarchy. ICANN / IANA. (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). Manage global unallocated IP address pool. Allocate. RIRs.
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Phoenix, AZ - 17 August 2010 Raleigh, NC – 19 August 2010
Internet Governance Richard Jimmerson Chief Information Officer
Number Resource Provisioning Hierarchy ICANN / IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) Manage global unallocated IP address pool Allocate RIRs (AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, RIPE NCC) Manage regional unallocated IP address pool Allocate Assign ISPs End Users Re-Allocate Re-Assign End Users ISPs
ARIN History & Overview Richard Jimmerson Chief Information Officer
Historical Timeline Government Oversight InterNIC DDN NIC DDN NIC DDN NIC
Historical Timeline Community Oversight
Number Resource Organization The NRO exists to protect the unallocated number resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system.
ARIN’s Service Region ARIN’s region includesCanada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.
About ARIN • One of five Regional Internet Registries • Services 25 Economies in the Caribbean and North America • Nonprofit corporation based in Chantilly, VA • Established December 1997 • 100% community funded
ARIN’s Mission • Applying the principles of stewardship, ARIN, a nonprofit corporation: • allocates Internet Protocol resources; • develops consensus-based policies; and • facilitates the advancement of the Internet through information and educational outreach.
ARIN’s Services • Like the other RIRs, ARIN: • Allocates and assigns Internet number resources • Maintains WHOIS, in-addr.arpa, and other community services • Participates in the global Internet community • Facilitates policy development • Is a nonprofit, membership organization
Manage Internet number resources and related services Manage Directory Services (WHOIS & IRR) Registration Services
Public Policy & Members Meetings Organization Services • Executive Board Elections
Information publicationand dissemination Organization Services Education& Training
Your participation Important, critical, needed, appreciated… Get Involved in ARIN Public Policy Mailing List Member Elections Attend a Meeting http://www.arin.net/participate/ Learn More and Get Involved
Next ARIN Meeting • Remote participation • Policy discussions • Tutorials • Social event • Adjacent to NANOG https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings
The ARIN Policy Development Process Einar Bohlin Policy Analyst
Overview What is a Policy The Policy Development Process • Origin • Principles • Process Steps A Case Study and Some Examples
Number Resource PolicyManual (NRPM) • Contains • Change Logs • Available as PDF • Index https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html NRPM is ARIN’s policy document • Version 2010.2 (7 June 2010) • This is the 19th version
Policies in the NRPM IPv4 Address Space IPv6 Address Space Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) Directory Services (WHOIS) Reverse DNS (in-addr) Transfers Experimental Assignments Resource Review Policy
Policy Development Process (PDP) Flowchart Proposal Template Archive Movie https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
PDP Origin - Rough Consensus The foundation of the PDP Rough consensus is a term used in consensus decision-making to indicate the "sense of the group" concerning a particular matter under consideration.* Note that 51% of the working group does not qualify as "rough consensus" and 99% is better than rough.* (*from wikipedia.org)
Consensus Decision Making* (*from wikipedia.org)
PDP Versions Current version is the 4th First written version - April 2001 Two revisions Major overhaul - January 2009
The current PDP Empowers the Advisory Council as a development body (balanced by expanded petitions) Establishes goal = clear, technically sound and useful policy Requires staff and legal assessments and freezes text prior to Public Policy Meetings
Process Principles Open Forum - Anyone can participate Public Policy Mailing List Public Policy Meetings Transparent PDP documented Policies documented Meetings documented Bottom Up ARIN does not create policy, ARIN implements it
Roles Community Submit proposals! If there is a problem, raise it Comment on proposals (in favor or not?) Participate in Petitions Advisory Council “AC” (elected volunteers) Write the policy text to ensure that it is clear, technically sound and useful Determine Consensus
Roles ARIN “Board” (elected volunteers) Provide process oversight Provide corporate fiduciary oversight ARIN Staff Provide feedback • Clarity and Understanding • Staff Assessments Implement Policy
Basic Steps Community member submits a proposal Community discusses the proposal on the “List” AC creates a draft policy or abandons the proposal Community discusses the draft policy on the “List” and at the meeting AC conducts its consensus review Community performs last call Board adopts Staff implements
Petitions Anyone dissatisfied with a decision by the AC can petition to keep the proposal moving forward • Petition to bring proposal to list and meeting 4 successful* 3 unsuccessful • Last call petition (to send to Board) One – unsuccessful *2 ultimately abandoned, 2 under discussion
Public Policy Mailing List Open to anyone Easy to subscribe to Contains: ideas, proposals, draft policies, last calls, announcements of adoption and implementation, and petitions Archives RSS available for ARIN only posts https://www.arin.net/participate/mailing_lists/index.html
How to monitor and not be overwhelmed? The AC meets monthly Front page of the ARIN site to see proposals and draft policies under discussion New proposals need feedback for the AC’s initial decision Web site will help you focus on what’s important to you and your company
ARIN Meetings Two meetings a year Check the ARIN Public Policy Meeting site 4-6 weeks prior to meeting Proposals/Draft Policies on Agenda Discussion Guide (summaries and text) Attend in Person/Remote AC meeting last day Watch list for AC’s decisions Last Calls – For or against?
Policy Participation You must be a member to Vote for AC and Board Nominate for those positions Don’t let others say that such and such can’t be done because ARIN won’t allow it https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/index.html
Total Draft Policies Active current drafts – 7 Adopted – 57 (plus 2 more global policies awaiting ICANN Board review) Abandoned – 46
2008-5 Summary Name: Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment (2008-5) Proposal: Reserve some IPv4 space (a /10), and make it available to organizations that need some IPv4 space to deploy IPv6. Rationale: “[This policy] will facilitate IPv6 deployment by ensuring that some small chunks of IPv4 space will remain available for a long time to ease the co-existence of IPv4 & IPv6.”
Policy 2008-5 History Proposal was submitted on June 2008. Draft policy text discussed on the list and at ARIN XXII meeting (Oct 2008). The policy was sent to last call (Oct/Nov). Minor revision by the AC, reposted to last call Nov/Dec. Adopted by the Board 5 Jan 2009. Implemented 1 Apr 2009 (NRPM Section 4.10). https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_5.html