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2005-1: Provider Independent IPv6 Assignments for End-sites

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
ARIN-2005-1
RIR
ARIN
Official status
Adopted
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Feb 15, 2005
Last source update
Oct 7, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

20Total participants
20Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
35Discussion messages
13.2Effective participants
54.3%Top-five discussion share
5People covering 50%
13People covering 80%

Policy evolution

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Accepted · Adopted
Unknown
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Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    Accepted

    Accepted · Adopted

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  2. Public discussion

    [ppml] Provider Independence???

    4 Discussion messages · 4 Entities

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  3. Introduced

    Introduced

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  4. Public discussion

    [ppml] Proposed Policy: IPv6 Direct assignments to end sites

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  5. Public discussion

    [ppml] 2005-1 or its logical successor

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗

  6. Public discussion

    [ppml] 2005-1 status

    3 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  7. Public discussion

    [ppml] Fw: IRS goes IPv6!

    3 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  8. Public discussion

    [ppml] "Recommended Practices" procedure

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  9. Public discussion

    [ppml] Policy Proposal 2005-1: Provider-independent IPv6

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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Entities

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  1. Marshall Eubanks
    Discussion messages5
    First activityAug 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 25, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes1
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies2
  2. Stephen Sprunk
    Discussion messages4
    First activityApr 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 20, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies8
  3. Kevin Loch
    Discussion messages4
    First activityAug 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies4
  4. Owen DeLong · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages3
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityJan 30, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies14
  5. Unknown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages3
    First activityNov 10, 2005
    Last activityApr 7, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies4
  6. Unknown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 8, 2003
    Last activityDec 9, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies13
  7. Michel Py · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies3
  8. John M. Brown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 9, 2003
    Last activityJan 9, 2003
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  9. Howard, W. Lee · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 26, 2006
    Last activityApr 26, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies3
  10. Scott Leibrand · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 24, 2006
    Last activityJan 24, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  11. McBurnett, Jim · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 8, 2003
    Last activityJan 8, 2003
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies5
  12. Tony Hain · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityNov 2, 2005
    Last activityNov 2, 2005
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  13. marcelo bagnulo braun · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityDec 8, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  14. Jason Schiller
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  15. Christopher Morrow
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 21, 2006
    Last activityFeb 21, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies2
  16. Matthew Petach
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 26, 2006
    Last activityApr 26, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  17. Geoff Huston
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityDec 8, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies4
  18. Bill Van Emburg · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 6, 2006
    Last activityApr 6, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies2
  19. Pekka Savola · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 25, 2006
    Last activityApr 25, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
  20. Vince Fuller · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 28, 2006
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

Sources and coverage

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Coverage

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Freshness

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