[pacnog] IPv4 exhaustion discussions in Asia Pacific region

[Elly Tawhai <elly@apnic.net>]

Hi

You are probably aware by now that the exhaustion of IPv4 address space
is likely to occur in the next few years.

You might be interested to know that a proposal to deal with IPv4
exhaustion has been put forward for discussion in the APNIC region.

The proposal suggests five main principles:

  (1) Global synchronization:

      All five RIRs will proceed at the same time for measures on IPv4
      address exhaustion.


  (2) Some Blocks to be left:


      Keep a few /8 stocks instead of distributing all.


  (3) Keeping current practices until the last moment:


      Maintain the current policy until the last allocation.


  (4) Separate discussions on "recycle" issue:


      Recovery of unused address space should be discussed separately


For more information on the proposal, see:

    http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-046-v001.html


This proposal affects the whole Internet community. I encourage
you to read the proposal and have your say on the APNIC Policy SIG
mailing list, or at the upcoming APNIC 23 meeting in Bali, Indonesia,
26 February - 2 March 2007. If you can't attend the meeting in
person, you can still have your say by participating remotely via
live chat.

APNIC Policy SIG mailing list information:

    http://www.apnic.net/community/lists

APNIC 23:

    http://www.apnic.net/meetings/23/

Kind regards,
Elly
APNIC