Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] On the v6 requirement

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Sounds good.  

Will this be formalized in an ARIN policy statement?  And does this need to go 
through their  policy approval process?

a.

On 23 Dec 2010, at 08:51, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:

> 
> Colleagues,
> 
> Yesterday I was able to obtain support from ARIN for new gTLD operators to be 
> able to receive post-exhaustion provider independent address space from the 
> reserve proposed for Criticial Infrastructure (CI).
> 
> While this does not assist any new gTLD operator demonstrate the v6 
> requirement that is in the DAG, it reduces the possible impulse for the 
> contractual requirement, which is imposed as early as when the application is 
> submitted (and "frozen"), or as late as the transition to delegation, if that 
> impulse is that new gTLD registries must be able to operate in a 
> post-v4-exhaustion environment.
> 
> Whether the v6 requirement is relaxed from an unconditional requirement, or 
> made conditional upon the purpose of the applicant and therefore the presumed 
> address capability of the registrars, registrants, and name-to-address 
> resolving users, the access to CI reserved resources is something that 
> needs-qualified applicants will benefit by, and not have to purchase provider 
> independent v4 address assets in the transfer market, or settle for provider 
> dependent v4 address assets as a tenant of a hosting operator, registry 
> technical services provider, or competitor.
> 
> One more tool in the assistance toolkit. Post-v4-exhaustion PI blocks 
> reserved for CI.
> 
> The proposal is ARIN-prop-123. Reserved Pool for Critical Infrastructure.
> 
> Next, making the same request to the other regional registries -- RIPE, 
> APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC.
> 
> Eric
>