ARIN Bits: December 2024

By Christina Paladeau – Social Media and Content Specialist

We’re gearing up to ring in a new year, but first ‘tis the season for a fourth and final 2024 edition of ARIN Bits! In this round up we share important updates from this past quarter and details about upcoming events, including: reminders of approaching deadlines and changes, routing security upgrades, ARIN governance updates, and Fellowship Program applications, along with upcoming industry events and much more. Settle in and read on for all the latest news from ARIN.

Missed any previous editions? Find all past ARIN Bits posted on the blog.

In This Edition

Please Welcome Your Newly Elected Volunteers!
Catch Up on Everything from ARIN 54
Read About ARIN’s Holiday Toy Drive
IRR Auto-Manager Introduced to ARIN Online
Complete the Legacy Registration Services Agreement Request Process by 31 December
Prepare for Deprecation of Outdated SSL and TLS Versions
ARIN Makes Second Contribution to IETF Endowment
Reminder: General Member Voting Requirements and Reclassification
ARIN 55 Fellowship Program Applications Open 9 January
Read the 2023 ARIN Community Grant Program Recipients’ Final Reports
Catch ARIN on the Road in Raleigh
Find ARIN at Upcoming Industry Meetings and Community Events
A Tip From Our Registration Services Department
Current Draft Policies and Proposals
Recent Posts on the ARIN Blog

Please Welcome Your Newly Elected Volunteers!

The 2024 ARIN Election cycle for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council ended on 1 November and the winners were announced on 7 November. We’d like to congratulate those elected by the community and thank all those who took part in the election process this year — we look forward to your continued community involvement.

Here are your newly elected or reelected (R) volunteers for 2024:

Board of Trustees
Ron da Silva
Peter Harrison (R)
Chris Tacit (R)

Advisory Council
Lily Botsyoe
William Herrin
Kathleen Hunter (R)
Alicia Trotman (R)
Chris Woodfield (R)

NRO Number Council
Amy Potter

Catch Up on Everything from ARIN 54

ARIN 54 was held 24-25 October in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and online. If you were unable to attend, missed a session, or would like to refer back to anything that was shared, you can view the ARIN 54 Meeting Report, which includes videos, transcripts, presentations, and daily recaps. And a big thank you to everyone who participated in making the meeting a success!

We’re already gearing up for ARIN 55, which is scheduled for 27-30 April 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Registration will open soon, and we hope to see you there either virtually or in person!

Read About ARIN’s Holiday Toy Drive

This holiday season, ARIN proudly rekindled its tradition of supporting families in need by organizing a toy drive in partnership with local nonprofit Northern Virginia Family Service. Read the blog post to learn about the initiative that inspired employees to join together and donate gifts for children of all ages: ARIN Organizes Holiday Toy Drive for Local Families.

IRR Auto-Manager Introduced to ARIN Online

In the latest version of ARIN Online, released on 2 November, we introduced the IRR Auto-Manager in ARIN Online. Full details regarding this change can be found in a previous announcement here, and additional details and instructions can be found here.

This feature allowing automatic creation of managed Internet Routing Registry (IRR) route objects upon Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Route Origin Authorization (ROA) generation resulted from community feedback provided through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ACSP). To be notified of future community consultations on important topics like the development and prioritization of service upgrades, join the ARIN-Consult mailing list.

Complete the Legacy Registration Services Agreement Request Process by 31 December

As of 31 December 2023, ARIN stopped accepting requests for a Legacy Registration Services Agreement (LRSA) and legacy fee cap. Throughout 2024, we have worked with customers to complete the requests that we were unable to process before the end of 2023. Because these requests were submitted in 2023, the organizations have been permitted to complete these transactions and sign an LRSA, as well as maintain the benefit of the legacy fee cap.

The grace period to complete these requests will end on 31 December 2024, at which time all remaining uncompleted requests for an LRSA and legacy fee cap will be closed. Organizations that are unable to complete the request process and sign an LRSA prior to 31 December will need to submit a new ticket to request an ARIN Agreement. All legacy resources brought under agreement from 1 January 2025 forward will be covered under the regular Registration Services Plan fees with no fee cap.

If you have any additional questions, contact the ARIN Registration Services Department via your ARIN Online account or by calling +1.703.227.0660 during our open hours.

Prepare for Deprecation of Outdated SSL and TLS Versions

On 3 February 2025, ARIN will deprecate the outdated versions of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) and will begin only using TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols across all our services. Ensure that all your applicable software supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols by 3 February to avoid losing connectivity to ARIN services.

Read the 90-day notice of this change for more information.

ARIN Makes Second Contribution to IETF Endowment

In 2016, the ARIN Board of Trustees approved contributing up to US$2 million to the Internet Society’s Endowment for Sustainability of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF Endowment), created to provide the IETF with direct financial support aimed at ensuring long-term, sustainable funding for the development, evolution, and use of open Internet protocols. An initial contribution of US$1 million was made in July 2016 in coordination with contributions from other Regional Internet Registries and the Internet Society.

In a demonstration of ARIN’s continued support for the work of the IETF and the thousands of volunteer contributors from around the world who work to develop and maintain the open protocols that make the Internet possible, the ARIN Board of Trustees voted in October 2023 to approve a gift of the remaining pledged funds. ARIN made this second US$1 million contribution to the IETF Endowment in November 2024.

Read more about this commitment by the ARIN community to the Internet protocols and related work of the IETF: ARIN Makes Second Contribution to IETF Endowment.

Reminder: General Member Voting Requirements and Reclassification

General Members are required to vote in an ARIN Election at least once every three years to maintain their status. After each annual election General Members that did not cast a ballot in any of the previous three ARIN Elections revert to Service Member status. On 18 November 2024, ARIN reclassified 426 General Member organizations that did not cast a ballot in the 2022, 2023, or 2024 ARIN Elections.

If your organization is interested in participating in ARIN Elections, visit our Membership page to learn how you can request or reinstate General Member status (if your organization is current on all invoices) using your ARIN Online account.

ARIN 55 Fellowship Program Coming Soon

ARIN 55 Fellowship Program Applications Open 9 January

Are you interested in meeting other members of the ARIN community, learning about policies on the docket for ARIN 55, receiving mentorship by a member of the ARIN Advisory Council, and more? Applications will be open 9-27 January for this spring’s Fellowship Program, which includes virtual sessions before the ARIN 55 meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Fellows will be selected to attend the meeting either virtually or in person at the discretion of the Fellowship Selection Committee. 

In the meantime, check out this guest blog post by ARIN 54 Fellow Mohibul Mahmud for a summary of his experience in and after the program and the aspirations of participation and impact within the community it has fostered. Need more reasons to attend? Read 10 shared by other past fellows.

Stay tuned to the Meetings page of our website for ARIN 55 registration opening next month.

Read the 2023 ARIN Community Grant Program Recipients’ Final Reports

Posts sharing the final reports the three 2023 ARIN Community Grant Program recipients are now available on the ARIN Blog. Learn how Network Time Foundation, Internet2, and FullCtl have been hard at work the past year using the grant funds to improve the overall Internet industry and Internet user environment.

Visit the ARIN Community Grant Program page for more information and to find out how your organization can apply in 2025.

ARIN on the Road Raleigh 13 March 2025

Catch ARIN on the Road in Raleigh

We’re heading to the Research Triangle for ARIN on the Road’s first stop of 2025! If you’re in North Carolina and want to experience our amazing community in person, learn more about ARIN, and explore what we can offer your organization, then don’t miss your chance when this special event comes to Raleigh on Thursday, 13 March. ARIN staff will be on site to answer questions about IPv6 deployment and IPv4 status, discuss RPKI and routing security, provide an intro to the Policy Development Process, and more. Need more reasons to attend? We shared five on the blog.

Stay tuned to our website for registration opening soon: ARIN on the Road.

Find ARIN at Upcoming Industry Meetings and Community Events

In addition to the ARIN events we host — like our Public Policy and Members Meetings and ARIN on the Road workshops — we attend many community events where you can join us to hear updates and presentations, ask us questions, get help with your ARIN account and resources, and more. Here’s where you can find us in the next few months:

For a full list of the events ARIN will be participating in, visit our Community Event Calendar online.

Here’s a tip from RSD

A Tip From Our Registration Services Department

Q: Why is my ARIN Online account locked?

A: If you’ve recently tried to log in to your ARIN Online account after a long period of inactivity only to find that it is locked, you might be wondering what caused the issue. The most likely reason is a security measure implemented by ARIN.

Read our recent blog post to find out what happened, what verification involves, and why this new process is necessary: Why Is my ARIN Online Account Locked?

Current Draft Policies and Proposals

Number	Title	Current Version	Status	Staff/Legal Review(s)	Community Presentation
ARIN-2023-8	Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation	30 September 2024	Draft Policy	None	ARIN 53, ARIN 54
ARIN-2024-1	Definition of Organization ID/Org ID	7 February 2024	Draft Policy	1 May 2024	ARIN 53, ARIN 54
ARIN-2024-5	Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 Micro-Allocation	10 December 2024	Draft Policy	None	ARIN 54
ARIN-2024-7	Addition of Definitions for General and Special Purpose IP Addresses	13 December 2024	Draft Policy	None	ARIN 54
ARIN-2024-10	Registration Requirements and Timing of Requirements With Retirement of Section 4.2.3.7.2	21 November 2024	Draft Policy	30 September 2024	ARIN 54
ARIN-2024-11	IPv4 Transition Efficiency Reallocation Policy (ITERP)	30 October 2024	Draft Policy	None

Find the status of current policy discussions on our website and subscribe to the ARIN-PPML (Public Policy Mailing List) to voice your opinions. Remember, membership is not required to participate!