Getting Internet Number Resources from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Find out how to get resources from ARIN, including Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). PPTX version available at: https://www.arin.net/knowledge/general.html

1. Getting Internet Number
Resources from ARIN
Community Use Slide Deck
Courtesy of ARIN
May 2014

2. Internet Number Resources
• Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses
– 2 types: IPv4 & IPv6
– Uniquely identifies a device on a network
– Moves info on the Internet
• Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs)
– Used by network operators
– Controls routing within networks
– Exchanges routing info among ISPs
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3. History of the Internet Protocol
• Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
– Developed for the original Internet (ARPANET) in 1978
– 4 billion addresses
– Deployed globally & well entrenched
– Allocated based on documented need
• Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
– Design began in 1993 when IETF forecasts showed IPv4
depletion between 2010 and 2017
– 340 undecillion addresses
– Completed, tested, and available since 1999
– Used and managed similar to IPv4
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4. ARIN IPv4 Depletion
ARIN reached
a last /8 on
23 April 2014
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Triggering Final Phase of IPv4 Countdown Plan

5. ARIN’s IPv4 Inventory
ARIN still has a few IPv4 addresses remaining
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IPv4 inventory
published on
ARIN’s website:
www.arin.net
Updated daily
@ 12AM ET

6. Qualifying for an Autonomous
System Number (ASN)
• Confirm multi-homing
within 30 days
• Provide verification of connectivity
with two or more ISPs
– Signed connectivity agreement
– Recent bill/invoice
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7. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
vs End-user
• ISP
– Assigns address space to the users of the
network services it provides
– Other ISPs and end-users are customers
• End-user
– Receives assignments of IP addresses
exclusively for use in own operational networks
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8. Connections to ISPs
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You are
single-homed
if you have 1 ISP
You are
multi-homed
if you have 2+ ISPs

9. Qualifying for IPv4
as an ISP
• Multi-homed
– Two /24s reassigned to you
– Data to show 2 /24s efficiently used
• Single-homed
– 16 /24s reassigned to you
– Data to show 16 /24s efficiently used
• Immediate need
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10. Typically Requested
IPv4 ISP Data
• Mapping of static IP addresses/subnets
to customer names
– May include customer justification
• List of all dynamic pools with prefix/range
assigned, area served, utilization percentage
• Mapping of internal subnets with description
and # IPs used
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11. Three-month Supply
Calculation
• Justified need, not solely predicted
growth
• Utilization rate of last allocation
• Immediate need for exceptional
circumstances
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12. Qualifying for IPv4
as an End-user
• Multi-homed
– 64 IP addresses used immediately
– 128 IP addresses used within one year
• Single-homed
– 1,024 IP addresses used immediately
– 2,048 IP addresses used within one year
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13. Typically Requested
IPv4 End-user Data
• Subnet mapping showing each
subnet to be created and for each
subnet
– Description of its purpose
– # IPs used within 30 days
– # IPs used within one year
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14. Qualifying for IPv6
as an ISP
• Have a previous v4 allocation from
ARIN
• Intend to multi-home
• Provide a technical justification which
details at least 50 assignments made
within five years
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15. Typically Requested
IPv6 ISP Data
• If requesting more than a /32,
a spreadsheet/text file with
– # of serving sites (PoPs, datacenters)
– # of customers served by largest
– Block size to be assigned (/48 typical)
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16. Qualifying for IPv6
as an End-user
• Have a v4 direct assignment
• Intend to multi-home
• 2000 IPv6 addresses or 200 IPv6 subnets
used within a year
• Technical justification as to why
provider-assigned IPs are unsuitable
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17. Typically Requested
IPv6 End User Data
• List of sites in your network
– Site = distinct geographic location
– Street address for each
• Campus may count as multiple sites
– Technical justification showing how
they’re configured like geographically
separate sites
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18. Requesting Resources
Useful Links
• Quick Guide
– https://www.arin.net/knowledge/quickguide.pdf
• Request Resources
– https://www.arin.net/resources/request.html
• Fee Schedule
– https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html
• Video Series
– http://ow.ly/po57r
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19. Qualification for Address Space
Based on ARIN Policies
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• Open
– Developed in open forum
– Anyone can participate
• Transparent
– All aspects documented and available online
• Policy process, meetings, and policies
• Bottom-up
– Policies developed by the community
– Staff implements, but does not make policy

20. Policies at ARIN
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• Policy Development Process (PDP)
– Describes the process for making policies
in the ARIN region
• https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
• Number Resource Policy Manual
(NRPM)
– ARIN’s Policy Document
• http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html

21. How Can You Get Involved?
Ways to voice your opinion:
– Public Policy Mailing List
(PPML)
• http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
– Public Policy Consultations/Meetings
• Participate in person or remotely
• https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/index.html
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22. ARIN Resources
www.arin.net
www.GetIPv6.infowww.TeamARIN.net
IPv6 Info Center
https://www.arin.net/knowledge/ipv6_info_center.html
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23. Operational Guidance
www.InternetSociety.org/
Deploy360/
www.NANOG.org/archives/
www.hpc.mil/cms2/index.php/
ipv6-knowledge-base-general-info
bcop.NANOG.org
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24. Questions?
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