We have identified 2,079 un-routed historical prefixes, of which 122 (6%) have been reclaimed by
APNIC. This process is still ongoing.
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Yi Chu wrote:
> I am curious as to the implementation of prop-017. Did APNIC ever start implemeting it, and if so, how much of that 2.8 /8 has been reclaimed?
>
> yi
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Randy Bush
randy@psg.com
> To: Policy SIG
sig-policy@apnic.net
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:30:26 AM
> Subject: [sig-policy] prop-075: Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers
>
> Dear SIG members,
>
> The proposal, 'Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers', has
> been sent to the Policy SIG for review. It will be presented at the
> Policy SIG at APNIC 28 in Beijing, China, 25-28 August 2009. The
> proposal's history can be found at:
>
>
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-075
>
> We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list
> before the meeting.
>
> The comment period on the mailing list before an APNIC meeting is an
> important part of the policy development process. We encourage you to
> express your views on the proposal:
>
> - Do you support or oppose this proposal?
> - Does this proposal solve a problem you are experiencing? If
> so, tell the community about your situation.
> - Do you see any disadvantages in this proposal?
> - Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
> - What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more
> effective?
>
> Randy, Jian and Ching-Heng
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> prop-075-v001: Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> Author: Guangliang Pan
>
> Version: 1
>
> Date: 24 July 2009
>
>
> 1. Introduction
> ----------------
>
> This is a policy proposal to recover unused historical AS numbers for
> eventual reassignment to other APNIC account holders.
>
>
> 2. Definitions
> --------------
>
> Historical AS numbers: Historical resources AS numbers that were
> registered under early registry policies
> without formal agreements. For more
> information, see section 2 of "Policies for
> historical Internet resources in the APNIC
> Whois Database" [1].
>
> Unused AS numbers: Any AS number which has not appeared in the
> global routing tables for some specified
> period of time, as determined by the Routing
> Information Service (RIS) or other agreed
> means.
>
>
> 3. Summary of current problem
> ------------------------------
>
> APNIC has 115 historical AS numbers which transfered to APNIC during the
> Early Registry Transfer (ERX) project. The full list is available from:
>
>
http://www.apnic.net/erx
>
>
> Currently, around 45% of the historical AS numbers registered in the
> APNIC Whois Database do not appear in the global routing tables.
> Assuming these AS numbers remain unused, these AS numbers
> could be made available for redistribution to other networks.
>
> While APNIC has the ability to reclaim unused AS numbers assigned under
> current policies [2], there is no equivalent policy for historical AS
> numbers.
>
> In 2004, to help address the decreasing size of the unallocated IPv4
> pool, the APNIC community adopted a policy to recover unused
> historical IPv4 addresses:
>
>
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-017
>
> This proposal would allow a similar mechanism to exist for historical AS
> numbers.
>
>
> 4. Situation in other RIRs
> ---------------------------
>
> No similar policy exists in other regions.
>
>
> 5. Details of the proposal
> ---------------------------
>
> It is proposed that APNIC recover and reassign historical AS numbers
> that have not been used for a reasonable period of time.
>
> Please see Appendix A for the administrative procedure that would be
> used to carry out this policy.
>
>
> 6. Advantages and disadvantages of the proposal
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> 6.1 Advantages
>
> This proposal would release unused AS numbers back into the
> unassigned pool.
>
>
> 6.2 Disadvantages
>
> This proposal would result in a minor increase in the workload
> of APNIC hostmasters.
>
>
> 7. Effect on APNIC members
> ---------------------------
>
> There is no direct impact to normal APNIC members.
>
>
> 8. Effect on NIRs
> ------------------
>
> NIRs are encouraged to help APNIC reclaim unused historical AS numbers
> within their economies.
>
>
> 9. References
> ---------------
>
> [1] "Policies for historical Internet resources in the APNIC Whois
> Database"
>
http://www.apnic.net/policy/historical-resource-polices.html
>
> [2] Section 8, Return of unused ASNs, "Policies for Autonomous System
> number management in the Asia Pacific region"
>
http://www.apnic.net/asn-policy#8
>
>
>
>
> 10. Appendix A: Administrative procedure for historical AS number
> reclamation
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. The APNIC Secretariat will identify unused historical AS numbers
> and generate a list.
>
>
> 2. The APNIC Secretariat will notify organizations responsible for
> unused historical AS numbers by all available means and contact
> the associated NIR if applicable.
>
> The APNIC Secretariat will use all available contact details from
> APNIC records. Responses will be tracked using dedicated return
> email addresses and APNIC's request tracking system.
>
>
> 3. Responses to these notifications will be handled using one of
> three possible options:
>
> A. If a response is received and AS number holder agrees to
> return the AS number:
>
> - The AS number will be reclaimed.
>
>
> B. If a response is received and AS number holder does not agree
> to return the AS number:
>
> - The holder retains the AS number.
> - All future handling of the historical AS number
> will be guided by the "Policies for historical Internet
> resources in the APNIC Whois Database"[1] at:
>
>
http://www.apnic.net/policy/historical-resource-polices.html
>
>
> C. If no response is received after 3 contacts in 3 months (or if
> only error responses or bounces are received):
>
> - The AS number will be reclaimed.
>
>
> 4. All reclaimed AS numbers will be removed from public APNIC Whois
> Database and kept in the APNIC unallocated pool for 12 months
> before redistribution to other networks.
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