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Dear AfriNIC Community,<br>
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When I started reading the reaction of Owen on this policy, I was tempted to respond to him in line but after reading the entire email, few issues are worth being pointed out.<br>
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1 – his inability to distinguish between policy and implementation procedure,<br>
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2 – the irrelevant comments about the format which have no bearings of the substance of the policy, and finally<br>
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3 – his incoherence regarding need for this policy. <br>
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The most outrageous in the above is the third point. Although he claimed that the policy is unnecessary, he was at the same time making suggestions on how the authors can make the proposal better.<br>
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But if you take the necessary stand, you will conclude that this incoherence is normal especially coming from someone who supported the proposal at its inception, got conflicted and change his mind, his heart and stomach speaking at the same time.<br>
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There are enough evidences on his case in the archives and I won't replay them here.<br>
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Nothing will stop this community's determination to decide for itself, to improve accountability and better manage the scarce number resources provided to it for a better Internet in AFRICA.<br>
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We've shown AFRINIC was not vaporware.<br>
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Marcus<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 7, 2019 5:52:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arnaud AMELINA<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Adewole Ajao; Sami Salih; Marcus Adomey; SamiSalih; rpd >> AfriNIC Resource Policy; Dewole Ajao<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] RPD : Prolicy proposal "Internet Number Resources review by AFRINIC" informations update</font>
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<div>This change is trivial and does not address the vast majority of issues raised with the previous version of the proposal.
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<div class="">I hereby request that if the authors will not allow this proposal to expire as it should, that they at least provide a substantive update which addresses the majority of the issues raised to date:</div>
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</span>Potential for abuse of the complaint process as a DOS attack on large organizations</div>
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</span>The proposal is unnecessary as the useful portions are already enshrined in existing policy</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>and the RSA.</div>
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</span>Please also address the grammatical errors (e.g. “within the four weeks.”)</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>+<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
</span>The term “annual meaningful report” is not defined. Specifically, what constitutes “meaningful” in this context</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>and, absent a clear definition, how is this decided by whom?</div>
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</span>There is no provision for satisfactory outcome without a complete review by AfriNIC staff, even if it is</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>obvious that there is no need for further action. This is unnecessarily costly to both AfriNIC and the</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>organization being reviewed.</div>
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</span>As written, in the reported case, AfriNIC staff cannot reject a review where the evidence supported</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>does not justify one. They can insist upon a sworn submission of the complaint and evidence, but,</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>the policy does not give the discretion to reject or ignore a specious sworn complaint. This is a</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>clear path to abuse.</div>
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</span>The numbering of the paragraphs outside of the actual policy being coincident with the numbering</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>of the paragraphs in the proposal should be eliminated. It should be clear and unambiguous which</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>text is intended to be applied to the policy manual and which is metadata for the proposal.</div>
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</span>The mechanism of priority in 13.2 and, indeed, the meaning of “priority is given” is undefined.</div>
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</span>13.3.1 does not define the intended fraction of members to be reviewed in any given time period.</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Is AfriNIC expected to conduct 5 random reviews per year, or 500?</div>
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</span>The 24 month exemption in section 13.3.3 ignores the fact that “full review completed” is vague and</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>opens multiple channels of abuse…</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
</span>What constitutes a full vs. partial review?</div>
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</span>In the case where AfriNIC has satisfied itself after reviewing 80% or even 90% of an organizations</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>resources and AfriNIC terminates the review process, does that constitute completion of a full</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>review, or, is such an organization subject to being put through the full process all over again</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>within 24 months?</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
</span>Can additional complaints filed during a review trigger additional reviews contemporaneously?</div>
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<div class="">Most, if not all of these problems have been reported previously. It’s likely there are other problems remaining as well,</div>
<div class="">but the above is based on a fresh review of the text below.</div>
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<div class="">I renew my call for the authors to recognize that this proposal at best causes more problems than it solves and lacks community consensus or any likelihood of achieving community consensus.</div>
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<div class="">At a minimum, I ask that the authors either withdraw the proposal or provide a substantial update which addresses each and every concern stated above.</div>
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<div class="">Owen</div>
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<div class="">On Apr 6, 2019, at 8:12 AM, Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" class="">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Hi Ernest and Co-chairs, <br class="">
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<div class="">Please find below an update of our Policy proposal "Internet Number Resources Review by AFRINIC", for future discussions on the list.
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Name : Internet Number Resources Review by AFRINIC (Draft 7)<br class="">
Ref. Name: AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT07<br class="">
Status: Under Discussion<br class="">
Date: 6 April 2019<br class="">
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Authors:<br class="">
(a) Amelina A. A. Arnaud | <<a href="mailto:arnaud.amelina@togorer.tg" class="">arnaud.amelina@togorer.tg</a>> | AUF/TogoRER<br class="">
(b) Jean-Baptiste Millogo |<<a href="mailto:jean.millogo@orange.com" class="">jean.millogo@orange.com</a>>| Orange Burkina
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(c) Marcus ADOMEY <<a href="mailto:madomey@ug.edu.gh" class="">madomey@ug.edu.gh</a>> | University of Ghana<br class="">
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13.0 Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal<br class="">
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As Internet Number resources are finite, their allocation is based on the operational needs of end-users and Internet Services Providers, while avoiding stockpiling in accordance with RFC7020, IPv4 Allocation Policy CPM 5.5, IPv6 Allocation and assignment policy
CPM 6.5 and Policy for Autonomous System Numbers (ASN) Management in the AFRINIC region CPM 7.0.Section 4 of the Registration Service Agreement (RSA) provides the framework for investigations of the usage of allocated Internet Number resources, defines members’
obligation to cooperate and the measures to be taken by AFRINIC in case of failure to comply. The lack of such investigation or regular control can lead to inefficient usage of the Internet Number resources, to stockpiling and other type of abuses.<br class="">
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13.0.1 Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem<br class="">
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In order to ensure efficient and appropriate use of resources, AFRINIC shall conduct regular reviews of resource utilization held by its members. This would allow recovery of any type of resource, where usage is not in compliance with the RSA. Those resources
can be reallocated for better usage.<br class="">
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13.0.2 Proposal<br class="">
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The policy proposal will modify the CPM as follows:<br class="">
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Insert a section 13 to the CPM as follows:<br class="">
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13.0 Internet Number Resources Review<br class="">
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Regular reviews of resource utilization are conducted by AFRINIC to ensure efficient and appropriate usage of resources. This allows for recovery of any type of resource where usage is not in compliance with the RSA; to allow such resources to be reallocated
for better usage.<br class="">
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13.1 The reviews shall be based on compliance with the terms outlined in the RSA and Allocation/Assignment Policies.<br class="">
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13.2 The reviews cover all allocated/Assigned resources, but priority goes to IPv4 and ASN mappable to two-octet ASN.<br class="">
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13.3 Classes of review: Members to be reviewed shall be selected according to the following classes:<br class="">
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13.3.1 Random<br class="">
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The member is chosen by AFRINIC at random between the membership.<br class="">
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13.3.2 Selected<br class="">
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Member is selected because of an internal report or due to a lack of contact between the AFRINIC and the member.<br class="">
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13.3.3 Reported: Here, members are reviewed either because:<br class="">
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A) They have requested the review themselves or<br class="">
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B) There has been a community complaint made against them that warrants investigation. Complaints shall be backed by evidence and AFRINIC staff shall evaluate the facts as appropriate to conduct the review. However this review is not applicable to a member
with the same resources portfolio on which a full review has been completed in the preceding 24 months.<br class="">
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AFRINIC staff may, at its sole discretion, after having assessed the nature of the evidence found in the community complaint, require that such evidence be (i) submitted in the form of a sworn affidavit or (ii) declared to be true before a Commissioner of
Oath.<br class="">
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13.4 In case of non-compliance and if evidence has been established in accordance with:<br class="">
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• Breach of AFRINIC policies<br class="">
• Breach of the provisions of the registration service agreement or other legal agreements between the organization holding the resource and AFRINIC.<br class="">
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AFRNIC shall initiate the resource recovery process.<br class="">
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A) AFRINIC shall attempt to contact the organization and correct any discrepancy towards the RSA. Except in cases of fraudulent resource acquisition or unlawful usage and abuse, the organization shall be given a minimum of six months to effect the return of
the resources.<br class="">
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If the organization is cooperative and working in good faith to substantially restore compliance or has a valid need for additional time to renumber out of the affected blocks, AFRINIC shall negotiate a longer term.<br class="">
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The acceptance level of compliance and duration of the longer term are at AFRINIC staff discretion.
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B) If the situation cannot be rectified and the member did not transfer the ressources to meet other AFRINIC-approved needs as per adopted policies<br class="">
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AFRINIC shall publish the resources to be recovered for a period of three (3) months; during which the organization may at any time, seek compliance or transfer the ressources to other members
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After this period, the resource shall be recovered and therefore the records of the previous holder of the recovered resource shall be updated in AFRINIC’s databases.<br class="">
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C) Any Internet Number Resources recovered under this policy may be assigned/allocated under existing Allocation and Assignment Policies.<br class="">
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13.5 Appeal procedure<br class="">
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Reviewed members who are not satisfied have the right to appeal against the result within the four weeks. Appeals shall follow an arbitration process as provided for in the<br class="">
Code de Procedure Civile (Code of Civil Procedure) of the Republic of Mauritius. AFRINIC may, on request from an aggrieved party, suggest a pool of arbitrators who shall be knowledgeable volunteers from the community.<br class="">
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13.6 Compliance Report<br class="">
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AFRINIC shall publish an annual meaningful report describing review activities, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.<br class="">
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13.7 Acknowledgements<br class="">
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The authors thank Ms Wafa Dahmani Zaafouri (become Afrinic GC Chair), Mr Serge ILUNGA (become Afrinic Board member) and Mr Alain P. Aina for their contributions in the development of this Policy proposal.<br class="">
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The authors also thank the community for the discussions and contributions.<br class="">
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4.0 Revision History<br class="">
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18 May 2016<br class="">
Version 1.0<br class="">
- First Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT01<br class="">
- Posted on RPD list<br class="">
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05 Aug 2016<br class="">
Version 2.0<br class="">
- Second Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT02<br class="">
- Change on the policy’s name<br class="">
- Addition of the Acknowledgement section<br class="">
- Rephrasing of section 3.3.3<br class="">
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18 Nov 2016<br class="">
Version 3.0<br class="">
- Third Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT03<br class="">
- Update of section 3.3.3 from discussions on mailing list<br class="">
- Update of section 3.7 (Acknowledgements) to thank the community for discussions and contributions<br class="">
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11 Apr 2017<br class="">
Version 4.0 <br class="">
- Fourth Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT04<br class="">
- Update and Rephrasing of section 3.4<br class="">
- Update and Rephrasing of section 3.5<br class="">
- Update and Rephrasing of section 3.6<br class="">
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21 Oct. 2107<br class="">
Version 5.0 <br class="">
- Fifth Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT05<br class="">
- Adding the paragraphe C to 13.3.3. according to the legal counsel proposition<br class="">
- Rephrasing the paragraphe 13.5 to comply with staff and legal assessment <br class="">
- Rephrasing the paragraphe 13.6 to comply with staff assessment and avoid any ambiguity
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- Changing the co-authors list<br class="">
- Updating the Acknowledgement session<br class="">
- Amending 13.4 (B) to reflect the Transfer policies<br class="">
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06 Apr. 2018<br class="">
Version 6.0 <br class="">
- Sixth Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT06<br class="">
- Removing categorization between membership in random class section 13.3.1<br class="">
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06 Apr. 2019<br class="">
Version 07<br class="">
- Seventh Draft AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT07<br class="">
- Modifying section 13.4 Paragraph A) to clarify the resources recovery process: set conditions under which a member could be given longer term to effect the return of the resources.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mar. 3 avr. 2018 à 07:51, Ernest Byaruhanga <<a href="mailto:ernest@afrinic.net" class="">ernest@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br class="">
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<div class="">On 31 Mar 2018, at 18:41, Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">As you can see through the Lagos PPM minutes [1], all pending legal concerns have been addressed. Last suggestion received abiut removing categories in section 13.3.1( make the random selection applies to all members) was accepted by working
group and will reflect in the next version to come.</div>
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<div class="">While awaiting the new version, please send any new comments, suggestions you may have on the proposal [2]</div>
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<div class="">[1] <a href="https://afrinic.net/fr/library/policies/archive/ppm-minutes/2261-afrinic-27-pdwg-meeting-minutes" target="_blank" class="">
https://afrinic.net/fr/library/policies/archive/ppm-minutes/2261-afrinic-27-pdwg-meeting-minutes</a></div>
<div class="">[2] <a href="https://afrinic.net/fr/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2231-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic" target="_blank" class="">
https://afrinic.net/fr/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2231-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic</a></div>
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Please send the new version well ahead of the recommended CPM 3.4.2 deadline to allow reasonable time for staff's assessment of the updated proposal.</div>
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<div class="">Regards,</div>
<div class="">Ernest.</div>
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