Implementation Of Lame Delegation Policy Ray Plzak ARIN

Background MAR 2002 – Policy Formally Proposed APR 2002 – ARIN IX JUN 2002 – Scripts Developed & Tested Further Discussion on Email Lists OCT 2002 – ARIN X NOV 2002 – Policy Adopted DEC 2002 – Implementation Activity Begins

Delegation Declared Lame Policy Summary Four Phases Test Attempt Contact Evaluate Remove Delegation Identify Lame Delegation E-mail the in-addr.arpa POC E-mail the ASN POC Telephone the in-addr.arpa or ASN POC Postal Mail the in-addr.arpa or ASN POC If No Contact Proceed to Next Step Wait 30 Days Remove NS Delegations Update WHOIS Record Delegation Determined to be Lame Evaluation Date of the Lame Delegation Contact has been Attempted Unsuccessfully Date Record Updated Delegation Declared Lame Update Record

Implementation Dec 2002 Jan 2003 Identified 12,492 Networks with Lame Delegations > 60,000 POCs Jan 2003 1,700 Selected for Trial Notification Posted Info to Web Site http://www.arin.net/registration/lame_delegations/index.html Policy Summary Test Description Examples FAQs 4 Feb 2003 Trial Notification Emails Sent

Notification Results 1st Day Week Subsequent Weekly Average Telephone Calls 240 714 15 Email 23 41 10

Conclusions People Are Interested Would Rather Use the Phone Want to Correct Problem Want Know What This is About Would Rather Use the Phone

Next Steps Incrementally Notify Update Information Continue Testing for Lamness

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