Re: JPNIC sTLA service

[Anne Lord <anne@apnic.net>]

Hello Kazu,

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

I understand this to mean an APNIC NIC handle?

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

Nothing - anyone can create a NIC handle automatically using the
email interface to the APNIC database and completing a person 
template. 
 
> 	(e.g. E-mail reachability only)
> 
> 	- How does APNIC authenticate it?
> 
> 	(e.g. Checking JPNIC DB)

There is no checking. THe object wont be created if email cant be
sent to the database though.

> (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.
> 
Yes, absolutely. ISPs have the responsibility. And JPNIC has responsibility 
to tell them that. And equally APNIC is responsible for JPNIC, and for 
JPNIC members - as the parent registry, regardless of where or how.
The entire system is based on the concept of delegated responsibility,
down to the ISP - as you correctly say.

> (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?

Yes. They can further delegate individual prefixes and zones of
course.

> (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?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "cost-plain only" but the
fee is based on the fee to NIR's which is :

annual NIR membership fee plus
per address fee for addresses allocated (in IPv6 per /48 fee).

Does that make sense?

regards,

Anne
Manager, Member Services
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