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Hi Franco,

Currently we have a proposal and a draft policy under discussion on this topic. One allowing the practice, and one disallowing it.

For reference:

Draft Policy ARIN-2021-6: Permit IPv4 Leased Addresses for Purposes of Determining Utilization for Future Allocations - https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arin.net%2Fparticipate%2Fpolicy%2Fdrafts%2F2021_6%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5f63b035b06849e6d7cf08da27c0cf8b%7C127d8d0d7ccf473dab096e44ad752ded%7C0%7C0%7C637866006320628877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YJUA7oiLDuBdktiMrkX8ms%2F11Tc3NRdd4g%2BBZmjnh%2BE%3D&reserved=0

ARIN-prop-308: Leasing not Intended - https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arin.net%2Fparticipate%2Fpolicy%2Fproposals%2F2022%2FARIN_prop_308_orig%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5f63b035b06849e6d7cf08da27c0cf8b%7C127d8d0d7ccf473dab096e44ad752ded%7C0%7C0%7C637866006320628877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tzyj9uibtHNFpyzgTsNU4FdJl%2BUJSdykRGVlYDuH8kA%3D&reserved=0

Regarding current leasing of ARIN space, ARIN has no mechanism or process to detect or act upon the knowledge that RIR-issued space is being leased. However, upon applying for subsequent allocations, ARIN does not allow leased space to count toward utilization of prior allocated space.

Hope this helps.

Sean Hopkins
Senior Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers

On Apr 26, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Franco Cabrera <franco@lacnic.net> wrote:

Hello everyone, I hope you are well.

This time we are in the discussion stage of a proposal that seeks to prohibit the leasing of IP addresses from being valid as justification of necessity.

In this sense, we want to know if:
Is there a policy that prohibits the leasing of IP addresses as justification for the need of use?
If so, what do you do if it is detected that the RIR's address space is being used to lease IPs?

Any other related information that you consider useful is welcome.

Thank you in advance.

Greetings,
Franco Cabrera

Asistente de Políticas
Policy Assistant