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2007-3: Documentation of the X.509 Authentication Method

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Source facts

Policy ID: ARIN-2007-3
RIR: ARIN
Official status: Unknown
Normalized status: Unknown
Introduced: Unknown
Last source update: Oct 14, 2026
Coverage: Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

1Total participants

1Discussion contributors

UnknownFormal actors

1Discussion messages

1Effective participants

100%Top-five discussion share

1People covering 50%

1People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

Entities

Freshness: Stale

Stephen Sprunk
Discussion messages1
First activityApr 6, 2007
Last activityApr 6, 2007
First explicit stanceUnknown
Latest explicit stanceUnknown
Stance changes0
Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
Other policies9
Freshness: Stale
Last research attempt: Sep 26, 2026
Identity verified: Sep 26, 2026
Polycom, Inc. · Historical
I’m Stephen Sprunk, Polycom.
www.arin.net
Verified public profiles
Discussion messages
1
First activity
Apr 6, 2007
Last activity
Apr 6, 2007
First explicit stance
Unknown
Latest explicit stance
Unknown
Stance changes
0
Viewpoint consistency
No explicit position stated
Other policies
9
First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
1. Apr 6, 2007 · Unclear
  [ppml] PPML Digest, Vol 22, Issue 12
  If you only fill out a handful of requests/SWIPs per year, sure. However, larger ISPs may be sending in several hundred per day as customers are turned on and off, and they have automated systems that generate the templates and send them off without requiring a legion of NOC folks to click their way through forms on ARIN's web site.
  Source facts ↗
Per-policy stance timelines:ARIN-2005-1 · Support · No validated consistency assessment ARIN-2005-9 · Unknown · No explicit position stated ARIN-2006-4 · Support · No validated consistency assessment ARIN-2006-7 · Unknown · No explicit position stated ARIN-2007-1 · Unknown · No explicit position stated ARIN-2007-2 · Unknown · No explicit position stated ARIN-2007-3 · Unknown · No explicit position stated ARIN-2007-9 · Support · No validated consistency assessment ARIN-prop-10 · Support · No validated consistency assessment ARIN-prop-18 · Support · No validated consistency assessment
Total policy messages: 19

Sources and coverage

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Public discussion archives

arin-ppml
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arin-arin-consult
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arin-arin-discuss
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arin-arin-issued
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arin-clew
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arin-dbwg
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arin-iana-transition
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arin-icp2_review
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arin-naipr
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arin-nrr-blueprint
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arin-policy
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arin-rtma
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arin-services-wg
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arin-v6wg
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arin-vwp
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Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997
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Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 12, 2026, 2:05 PM

Known gaps

www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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