APNIC policy proposals
How policies are developed
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How to submit your own policy proposal
- Submit your proposal via the online policy proposal form.
- The APNIC Secretariat assigns your proposal a tracking number.
- The Chair of the appropriate APNIC SIG sends your proposal to the SIG's mailing list.
Related links
- Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- Working Groups (WGs)
- Birds of a Feather (BOFs)
- Policy proposals
Status of recent proposals
| Endorsed by APNIC EC Pending implementation |
[prop-055] Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space [prop-062] Use of final /8 [prop-064] Change to assignment policy for AS numbers [prop-066] Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources |
| Pending action by the IETF |
[prop-061] Autonomous System Numbers (ASN) for documentation purposes [prop-065] Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS numbers |
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Returned to the mailing list for further discussion Did not reach consensus at Policy SIG |
[prop-063] Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six months [prop-050] IPv4 address transfers |
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To be revised by author Did not reach consensus at Policy SIG |
[prop-060] Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region |
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Endorsed by all RIRs Ratified by ICANN Board of Directors |
[prop-049] IANA policy for allocation of ASN blocks to RIRs |
| Implemented 4 August 2008 |
[prop-053] Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22 [prop-054] NIR operational policy document revision [prop-057] Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria |
