Re: IP range for lease

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On Jul 11, 2023, at 11:47 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:

Actually, I couldn’t find anything in the NRPM which leads me to believe that there is any distinction in the 
documentation requirements for reassignment/reallocation regardless of associated connectivity. None of the policies 
seemed to specify this. As such, I would think that Connectivity Independent Leasing (CIL) and Connectivity Related 
Leasing (CRL) would be subject to exactly the same recording/reporting requirements.


Owen –

ARIN NRPM Section 4.2.3.  "Reassigning and Reallocating Address Space to Customers" utilizes the term “Downstream” in 
references to both downstream end-users and downstream ISPs documentation requirements.

As the community has historically interpreted the phrase “downstream" to refer to connectivity customers (and further 
that the requirements documented are applied in oder to have accurate operational utilization), ARIN continues to 
interpret the policy as applicable to reissuance of resources to connectivity customers.

Of course, further policy clarity (whether to make clear that it does apply to non-connectivity reassignments or to 
make clear it does not apply beyond downstream customers) would be most welcome; I believe you are already aware of the 
policy proposal submission process if you want to propose updating it accordingly.

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers