JPNIC sTLA service

[Kazu Yamamoto ($B;3K\OBI'(B )<kazu@iijlab.net>]

Hi all, 

JPNIC is planning to start the agent service for IPv6 sTLA
application/assignment. We JPNIC would like to ask several questions
to clarify the service.

NOTE: The service will start in January, 2000. If you have some
comments, please speak up NOW.

(1) When an ISP in Japan uses the service, it first have to obtain an
APNIC handle. We have two questions on this procedure:

	- What kind of information does APNIC authenticate
	  before APNIC assigns an APNIC handle to the applicant?

	(e.g. E-mail reachability only)

	- How does APNIC authenticate it?

	(e.g. Checking JPNIC DB)

(2) As I said before, JPNIC can't have responsibility to update APNIC
DB for ISPs that obtains sTLA through the JPNIC service. JPNIC assumes
that it is ISPs that have responsibility to update APNIC DB. Please
understand this point.

(3) Let us ask a question on reverse lookup. Our understanding is that
APNIC authorizes /35 zones to sTLA holders(ISPs) and the ISPs
themselves maintain the zones. Is this correct?

(4) About the fee. The cost for one sTLA is 250 USD. Our understanding
is that this fee doesn't apply to multiple sTLAs (that is, in the case
that an ISP requests another sTLA because of exhaustion). In other
words, APNIC have a cost-plain only for the early period. Right?

--Kazu