[sig-policy] prop-050: IPv4 address transfers

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

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prop-050: IPv4 address transfers
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Dear SIG members

Below is a summary of discussions on the proposal to date. We encourage
you to continue discussions on the mailing list before APNIC 26.

Regards,
Randy and Jian


Proposal summary
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This is a proposal to remove APNIC policy restrictions on transferring
registration of IPv4 addresses between current APNIC account holders.
The first version of this proposal was presented at APNIC 24, where the
author did not seek consensus. At APNIC 25, the author was asked to
continue refining the proposal.

Version three of the proposal includes a summary of discussions to date
from the APNIC, ARIN, and RIPE communities about liberalizing IPv4
address transfers.

Proposals for address transfers are also currently being discussed in
the following RIR communities:

     RIPE   2007-08: Enabling methods for reallocation of IPv4 resources

     ARIN   2008-2: IPv4 transfer policy proposal


Discussion statistics
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Version 3 posted to Policy SIG mailing list:   22 July 2008

Number of posts:                               3

Number of people participating in discussions: 2


Summary of discussions
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- It was clarified that the proposed policy would apply to all
   address space administered by APNIC and held by a current APNIC
   account holder. This includes historical address space transferred
   to a current account holder under the current "Policies for the
   transfer of historical Internet resources" but excludes historical
   address space held by organisations that are not current account
   holders of APNIC.


Full details of this proposal, including links to previous discussions
of it at earlier APNIC meetings, can be found at:

      http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-050-v003.html