Dear colleagues

The four-week final comment period for the proposal 'Modification in the
IPv4 eligibility criteria' has ended.

During the comment period there was continued support for the proposal.
The Chairs therefore deem that consensus has been maintained
on the proposal.

We formally request that the APNIC Executive Council endorse this
proposal.

For a detailed history of this proposal see:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-113

Regards


APNIC Policy SIG Chairs

Masato, Sumon


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prop-113-v003: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria

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Proposer:      Aftab Siddiqui
               aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com

               Skeeve Stevens
               skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com


1. Problem statement
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    The current APNIC IPv4 delegation policy defines multiple
    eligibility criteria and applicants must meet one criteria to be
    eligible to receive IPv4 resources. One of the criteria dictates
    that “an organization is eligible if it is currently multi-homed
    with provider-based addresses, or demonstrates a plan to multi-home
    within one month” (section 3.3).

    The policy seems to imply that multi-homing is mandatory even if
    there is no use case for the applicant to be multi-homed or even
    when there is only one upstream provider available, this has created
    much confusion in interpreting this policy.

    As a result organizations have either tempted to provide incorrect
    or fabricated multi-homing information to get the IPv4 resources or
    barred themselves from applying.


2. Objective of policy change
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    In order to make the policy guidelines simpler we are proposing to
    modify the text of section 3.3.


3. Situation in other regions
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ARIN:
    There is no multi-homing requirement

RIPE:
    There is no multi-homing requirement.

LACNIC:
    Applicant can either have multi-homing requirement or interconnect.

AFRINIC:
    There is no multi-homing requirement.


4. Proposed policy solution
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Section 3.3: Criteria for small delegations

An organization is eligible if:

    - it is currently multi-homed, OR

    - currently utilising provider (ISP) assignment of at least a /24,
      AND intends to be multi-homed, OR

    - intends to be multi-homed, AND advertise the prefixes within
      6 months

    Organizations requesting a delegation under these terms must
    demonstrate that they are able to use 25% of the requested addresses
    immediately and 50% within one year.


5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:

    Simplifies the process of applying for IPv4 address space for small
    delegations and delays the immediate requirement for multi-homing as
    determined to be appropriate within the timeframe as detailed in
    Section 3.3.


Disadvantages:

    There is no known disadvantage of this proposal.


6. Impact on resource holders
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No impact on existing resource holders.