________________________________________________________________ Document update:

Amendments to document "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy"

- making public registration of customer assignments optional - evaluating existing IPv4 networks for IPv6 requests - allocating IPv6 address space to 'private' networks ________________________________________________________________

APNIC seeks final comments on the following draft document:

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The document has been updated to reflect the implementation of three policy proposals endorsed by the APNIC Executive Council. The changes are as follows:

- public registration of customer assignments is made optional by using a 'public' attribute in the APNIC Whois Database;

- the use of existing IPv4 infrastructure and customer base when evaluating IPv6 requests is clarified;

- allocations to private networks (those not connected to the public Internet) are explicitly allowed.

It is available at:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/draft-ipv6-address-policy.html

This draft is intended to implement the consensus decisions reached at the following meetings:

- APNIC 16 (endorsed by the Executive Council on 20 November 2003) in relation to proposal prop-007-v001.

- APNIC 17 (endorsed by the Executive Council on 14 May 2004) in relation to proposals prop-015-v001 and prop-016-v002.

Details of the original proposals and links to discussions are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-007-v001.html

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-015-v001.html

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-016-v002.html

Nature of the document review ----------------------------- This is an editorial review only. The APNIC community has already reached consensus on the policy issues which are to implemented.

Therefore, during the comment period, interested parties may: - object to the draft document on the grounds that it does not properly reflect the consensus decision reached in the Policy Review Process; - suggest improvements of any aspect of the document; - request that an additional call for comment be made to allow more consideration of substantial revisions.

Deadline for comments ------------------- Your comments are requested by 11 August 2004. Please send your comments to the sig-policy mailing list. Details at:

http://www.apnic.net/community/lists

Regards ______________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat@apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61-7-3858-3100 PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3199 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See you at APNIC 18

Nadi, Fiji, 31 August-3 September 2004 www.apnic.net/meetings ______________________________________________________________________