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prop-086: Global policy for IPv4 allocations by the IANA post
exhaustion
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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 Thursday's Policy
SIG.
Regards,
Randy, Ching-Heng, and Terence
Proposal summary
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With the depletion of the IANA free pool of IPv4 address space, the
current policy regarding the allocation of IPv4 address space to the
RIRs will become moot. The RIRs may, according to their individual
policies and procedures, recover IPv4 address space. This policy
provides a mechanism for the RIRs to retro allocate the recovered IPv4
address space to the IANA and provides the IANA the policy by which it
can allocate it back to the RIRs on a needs basis. This policy creates a
new global pool of IPv4 address space that can be allocated where it is
needed on a global basis without a transfer of address space between the
RIRs.
Discussion statistics
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Posted to Policy SIG mailing list: 23 July 2010
Number of posts since proposal first posted: 5
Number of people participating in discussions: 3
Summary of discussion to date
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- It was asked if there was an incentive for RIRs to return
space to IANA.
- It was asked why there was a need to have ongoing distribution
of IPv4.
- There were questions asking for clarification on:
- How RIRs would receive space from IANA's Reclamation Pool
- The reason for not permitting transfers of reclaimed space
once IANA has distributed it to RIRs.
Full details of the proposal, including links to previous discussions,
can be found at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-086