Draft Policy ARIN-2023-8

Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation

Status: Under Discussion
Shepherds: Gerry George and Brian Jones

Current Text (27 June 2025)

Problem Statement:

4.1.8 waiting times are too long, making justifications untimely by the time a request is met. New entrants to the waiting list are expected to wait three years for their need to be met under current policy, with a waiting list of around 700 at this point. Data indicates that reducing the current /22 maximum further to a /24 would significantly reduce this waiting period, and further tightening the requirements by replacing the /20 recipient maximum holdings with a /24, and preventing multiple visits to the waiting list queue.

Policy Statement:

4.1.8. ARIN Waitlist

ARIN will only issue future IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding 4.4 and 4.10 space) from the ARIN Waitlist. The maximum size aggregate that an organization may qualify for is a /24.

Organizations that have ever held any IPv4 space other than special use space received under section 4.4 or 4.10 are not eligible to apply.

Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months. This restriction will be applied to all distributions from the waitlist to also include those organizations or requesters currently listed. Qualified requesters will also be advised of the availability of the transfer mechanism in section 8.3 as an alternative mechanism to obtain IPv4 addresses.

Waiting list recipients must demonstrate the need for a /24 on an operating network.

The limitation to a single /24 will be enforced for waitlist requests submitted after this policy takes effect, and will only apply to new entrants to the waitlist. Requests received before the policy change will be evaluated based on the policy in place at the time of the request.

Note: Sections 4.1.8.1 Sequencing, 4.1.8.2 Fulfillment and 4.1.8.3 Qualification remain unchanged.

In section 4.2.2 replace the sentence:

FROM:

“All ISP organizations without any IPv4 addresses from ARIN automatically qualify for an initial allocation of a /24. ISPs providing a 24-month utilization plan for the request size specified may receive up to a /22. ISPs holding reallocations and/or reassignments must show the efficient utilization of their resources consistent with the requirements in sections 4.2.3 and 4.2.4.”

TO:

“All ISP organizations without any IPv4 addresses from ARIN automatically qualify for an initial allocation of a /24. ”

In section 8.3 Conditions on the source of the transfer, remove this sentence:

“The source entity will not be allowed to apply for IPv4 address space under Section 4.1.8 ARIN Waitlist for a period of 36 months following the transfer of IPv4 address resources to another party.”

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate.

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