[Apnic-announce] New APNIC policies now active

[Sam Dickinson <sam@apnic.net>]

Dear colleagues

The APNIC Secretariat has now implemented the following policy
proposals:

    prop-053: Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22

        - The minimum allocation size has been reduced to /22
        - Two of the criteria for an initial allocation have been
          updated to show:
              - An  LIR must have used a /24 from their upstream
                provider or demonstrate an immediate need for a /24
              - An LIR must demonstrate a detailed plan for use of a
                /23 within a year


    prop-054: NIR operational policy document revision

        - The document now includes a reference to ip6.arpa
        - The reverse DNS processes have been updated
        - The appendix has been removed


    prop-057: Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria

        - Current LIRs with an existing IPv4 allocation from APNIC or
          an NIR can now justify an IPv6 initial allocation without
          documenting a plan for making 200 assignments


The comment period for the draft documents incorporating these
policies has ended. The updated documents are now officially active:

    Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific
    region
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy.html

    IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-address-policy.html

    APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and assignment requests
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-guidelines.html

    Operational policies for National Internet Registries in the APNIC
    region
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/operational-policies-nirs.html


For more information on the history of the policy proposals, see:

     http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals

Regards
_____________________________________________________________________
Samantha Dickinson                     email:           sam@apnic.net
Policy Development Manager, APNIC        sip:      sam@voip.apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                   phone:         +61 7 3858 3100