Re: Second Draft of NIR Criteria

["ywju" <ywju@nic.or.kr>]

Thank Maemura sang,

As you requested, I will prepare the comparison table between original
version
and ours, then let me circulate that paper.

And regarding your suggestion on making WG to deal with these agenda,
In my humble opinion, that seems to be good idea.

Do anyone have any good idea or opinion ?

Nice day !

Yong Wan Ju

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Yong Wan Ju : Manager of Internet Address Management Team
                      in Korea Network Information Center
E-mail : ywju@nic.or.kr                  Homepage : www.nic.or.kr
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----- Original Message -----
From: "MAEMURA Akinori" <maem@maem.org>
To: <cmh@nic.or.kr>; <nir-discuss@lists.apnic.net>
Cc: <ywju@nic.or.kr>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: Second Draft of NIR Criteria


> YongWan and Billy,
>
> I'm sorry for this very late reply.  I as well as other
> JPNIC people spend a full week conference, including JPNIC's
> first Open Policy Meeting that is very similar to APNIC's.
>
> I appreciate your effort to compile this NIR criteria.
> Would you please advise what is your point in comparison
> with Paul's original, to this list, please?
>
>
> Folks,
>
> It's time to move forward ;-) .
>
> As you can see, this is a modified version of the NIR
> criteria draft which was originally presented by Paul Wilson
> in the first NIR meeting at APRICOT2000.  That was ported
> >from RIR criteria.
>
> If you have any comment on this revised draft, please
> present anything to this list.
>
>
> Moreover, YongWan proposed here to discuss about NIR
> membership structure including fee and vote issues.  You
> can give this list your proposal if you have any, and also
> you can just present your opinion on this issue and it will
> be also helpful to start discussion.
>
>
> I feel like just start these two on this list right now but
> if it seems reasonable we may start up WG for these issues
> or something like that.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> -----
> MAEMURA Akinori               JPNIC IP Address Working Group
>
>
>
>
> In message <01c801c17c5b$652b76e0$c2d0ffcb@krnicmkmovjx7j>
>    "Re: Second Draft of NIR Criteria"
>    "$B%F%*%1%)%M!W(B <cmh@nic.or.kr>" wrote:
>
> | Dear Maemura-san and NIR folks,
> |
> | This is Yong-Wan Ju at KRNIC.
> |
> | As you already know, we had discussed NIR position in APRICOT 2000
> | based on PAUL's proposal, and Paul also suggested NIR's position of
> | each NIR in Taipei meeting.
> | Accordingly, for your convenience, I would like to propose NIR
> | criteria document for discussion, which is the amended version of
> | the proposed document by Paul Wilson in the last APRICOT2000 through
> | this mailgroup.
> | And also, I think that NIR needs to suggest a new category in the
> | APNIC membership structure including its membership fee and voting
> | simultaneously.
> |
> | Therefore, I would like Maemura-san(NIR chair) to post these two
> | different agenda in this group.
> | Please, let's discuss how to proceed these agenda through this mail-
> | group.
> |
> |  YW JU from KRNIC
> |
> |  P.S. The following is KRNIC proposal for NIR criteria
> |
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> | Second Draft of NIR Criteria : the establishment & operation of National
Internet Registries in the APNIC region.
> |
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Proposed by KRNIC
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30th Nov. 2001
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> | Abstract
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> | This document is the amended version of the proposed document by Paul
Wilson which described indispensable points in the formation of new National
Internet Registries (hereafter, NIRs). These are essential set of standards
that all new & existing NIRs must meet at the initial stage and maintain
afterwards.
> | As Paul Wilson suggested, it is anticipated that all NIRs will follow
the same set of guiding principles in the longer term.
> |
> | $B%0(B. Introduction
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> | Internet resources (such as IP addresses and Autonomous System numbers)
are currently distributed through a structure of delegated Internet registry
responsibility. IANA allocates address space to APNIC, as a Regional
Internet Registry(RIR). Address space is further allocated by APNIC to
either NIRs or to Local Internet Registries (hereafter, LIRs). While the
latter assigns addresses to end-users, the NIRs fulfil functions largely
identical to those of an RIR with responsibility for managing address space
allocations to LIRs within a particular country.
> |
> | NIRs have long existed within the APNIC structure and have fulfilled an
important role in distributing address space to organizations within the
boundaries of their respective countries. NIRs reflect the need for
procedures that take account of local cultural differences. However it is
important to note that neutrality, fairness, and equitable application of
APNIC's policy framework remain essential qualities.
> |
> | The well established registry system has been developed with the
community of Internet Service Providers(ISPs) and other enterprises that
require address space to operate their businesses. It has evolved over the
past 10 years based on structures and procedures that are transparent and
firmly established.
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> | The below list shows the existing NIRs and the countries for which they
provide services:
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> | APJII - Indonesia
> | CNNIC - China
> | JPNIC - Japan
> | KRNIC - Korea
> | TWNIC - Taiwan
> |
> | Currently, there are two main issues : Definition of NIR criteria &
Position of NIR(membership, fee, operation). Issues concerning Position of
NIR(membership, fee, operation) will be discussed after Definition of NIR
criteria is fixed.
> |
> | This document describes a number of criteria necessary for the
establishment and operation of an NIR. These criteria are considered
essential preconditions for the approval of new NIRs by APNIC and basic
conditions for efficient operation afterwards. These provide APNIC with a
set of guidelines for evaluating applications for new NIRs.
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> | $B%1(B. Principles
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> | The following two sets of numbered list are not meant to imply that any
one standard is more important than another - they are all equally important
for NIR operations. The numbering serves only to facilitate reading.
> |
> | The first set of numbered list defines prerequisites and these
conditions are required to be satisfied before launching Internet resources
allocation services as NIR. The other set of numbered list implies basic
operational conditions for the efficient Internet resources management as
NIR. For the approval of APNIC, applying organizations must keep two set of
conditions, and they must submit the activity plan, inclusive of the
following items.
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> | 1. Preconditions
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> | 1) The region of coverage is that of a particular country only under the
broad support of any existing LIRs and the ISP community in that country
> |
> | The proposed NIR must operate within the borders of a particular country
that is only recognized with ISO3166 code. In this country only one NIR can
be established. Multiple NIRs or could possibly lead to:
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> | fragmentation of address space
> | competition between NIRs
> | difficulty for co-ordination and co-operation between the NIRs
> | confusion for the community within the country
> |
> | Therefore, clear consensus must be demonstrated within the community
that the vast majority of the ISPs and LIRs in the country are prepared to
support the new NIR. The community must state that it is interested in
receiving services from this new NIR and that they are convinced the new NIR
can and will provide this. The community must also show that it is willing
to support this new NIR vigorously, not only with their active participation
in its bottom-up development but also financially.
> |
> | The new NIR must show that it has made every effort to contact and
convince existing LIRs in their region to give their support to the
establishment of a new NIR in that region has been made (For example, by way
of archives of public mailing lists, web sites, records of contacts with
individual LIRs).
> |
> | The new NIR's membership must include a significant percentage of the
existing LIRs (those already receiving IP address registration services
and/or other related services from an RIR and that would receive IP address
registration services and/or other related services from the new NIR) within
the new NIR's region of coverage.
> |
> | It is preferable that the entire country should be served by the new
NIR. Therefore, the new NIR's membership should include a significant
percentage of the ISPs within the NIR's country. However, new and existing
LIRs cannot be forced to go to the new NIR and may receive service from
APNIC, if preferred. However APNIC will always refer applications for
membership from organizations served by NIRs to the NIR.
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> | 2) Bottom-up self governance structure for setting local policies
> |
> | The new NIR needs to document clearly defined procedures for the
development of local IP address allocation and assignment policies. These
procedures most be open and transparent and accessible to all interested
parties and ensure fair representation of all constituencies within the
region.
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> | These procedures should include holding at least one annual policy
development meeting that is open and accessible to all interested parties.
In addition to public meetings, the new NIR needs to maintain public
archived mailing lists to discuss policy development.
> |
> | 3) Communication ability
> |
> | The new NIR should be capable of communicating with local community as
well as APNIC. That is to say, they should have the superior ability to
handle Internet resource allocation business in both local language and
English.
> |
> | 4) Neutrality and impartiality to all interested parties
> |
> | All organizations that receive service from the new NIR must be treated
equitably. The policies and guidelines proposed and implemented by the NIR
need to ensure fair distribution of address space and impartial treatment of
the members/requestors.
> |
> | The new NIR should be established as an independent, not-for-profit,
open membership-based association.
> |
> | 5) Funding model
> |
> | The NIR needs to be set up as not-for-profit association. A budget
related to the activity plan must be drawn up and published. Clear support
from the organizations that will eventually have to fund the activity plan
must be shown.
> |
> | Initial sponsorship, government grants, and private grants and/or
donations are acceptable but the NIR should operate independently and
eventually be solely financially supported by its membership.
> |
> | 2. Basic Operational Conditions for Internet Resource Management
> |
> | 1) Adherence to global policies regarding address space conservation,
aggregation, and registration
> |
> | Policies need to be in place to ensure that global and RIR policies can
be implemented. The specific goals of the registry system are the
conservation of IP address space and aggregation of routing information. As
well, local policies that are developed in addition to established global
policies need to guarantee these goals. All policies need to be documented
and publicly accessible.
> |
> | 2) Technical expertise
> |
> | The new NIR must be technically capable of providing registration
services to the community in the country. This includes:
> |
> | stable Internet connectivity within the country and internationally;
> | a public whois database server;
> | name servers' providing in-addr.arpa reverse DNS, and
> | enough technically capable staff to ensure appropriate service levels to
the LIRs.
> |
> | 3) Record Keeping
> |
> | NIRs must maintain proper records about all registry activities. Every
NIR should keep all information collected from the LIRs in the process of
making a request for an IP address space allocation. This data is needed for
the evaluation of subsequent requests for the same customers, for audits by
the RIR and IANA and for the resolution of any questions that may arise
regarding allocations.
> |
> | Core documents and records should be available in English. This is
necessary to be consistent with the existing registry system and to
communicate with the existing RIRs and IANA.
> |
> | In addition to that all public documentation needs to be available in
English.
> |
> | 4) Confidentiality
> |
> | Information collected by a NIR in the registration process must be kept
in strict confidence and it must be protected by a confidentiality policy at
least equivalent to that adopted by the RIR. It is to be used for
registration purposes only. It must be transmitted only to another RIR or
IANA in demonstrating address space usage but will not be transmitted to any
other party unless explicitly agreed to in writing by the end user.
> |
> | 5) Requirements Obligatory to APNIC
> |
> | The NIRs should observe APNIC in terms of Internet resource management
policy. This is also needed for making consistency with the global policy.
> |
> | All NIRs have a duty to report information about their Internet resource
allocation to LIRs in allocation evaluation process.
> |
> | The payment to APNIC will depend on NIR's position within APNIC's
membership structure, and it is to be discussed with the membership in the
future.
> |
> | It is also expected that NIRs participate in APNIC activities.
> |
>
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> | Yong Wan Ju : Manager of Intetnet Address Management Team
> |                       in Korea Network Information Center
> | E-mail : ywju@nic.or.kr                  Homepage : www.nic.or.kr
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