Dear SIG members

The proposal "prop-117: Returned IPv4 address management and Final /8
exhaustion" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.

It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 43 in Ho Chi
Minh City, Viet Nam on Wednesday, 1 March 2017.

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?


Information about this proposal is available at:

    http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-117

Regards

Masato and Sumon






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prop-117-v001: Returned IPv4 address management and Final /8 exhaustion

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Proposer:       Tomohiro Fujisaki
                fujisaki@syce.net


1. Problem statement
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APNIC currently makes delegations from two IPv4 pools. These are the
103/8 (Final /8) pool and the non-103/8 IPv4 Recovered pool.

With current policy, all returned address space, including 103/8 blocks,
will be merged into the IPv4 Recovered pool.

If a 103/8 block is returned, it is placed in the IPv4 Recovered pool
and re-distributed as returned space. Some organisations may receive
duplicate blocks from 103/8: one under the final /8 policy, the other
under the returned pool policy.

Current APNIC Policy requires account holders to receive address space
from the 103/8 (Final /8) pool before they can apply for address space
from the Recovered pool.

APNIC currently manages a Recovered Pool Waiting List for approved
requests that cannot be met from the IPv4 Recovered pool.


2. Objective of policy change
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To simplify the address pool management and to provide guidance for
103/8 pool exhaustion.


3. Situation in other regions
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None.


4. Proposed policy solution
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  - Recovered 103/8 space will be placed in the 103/8 (Final /8) pool.
  - Recovered non-103/8 space will be placed in the IPv4 Recovered pool.
  - The first time an approved request cannot be fulfilled from the 103/8
    pool, Final /8 delegations will end.
  - APNIC will begin to manage only one (Recovered) IPv4 pool containing
    any residual 103/8 space and all future returns, including 103/8 returns.
  - Each new account holder can receive up to a /22 from the IPv4
    Recovered pool.
  - Existing account holders who have not yet received space from the
    Recovered pool may continue to apply for up to a /22 from this pool.
  - A waiting list will be created if approved requests cannot be
    fulfilled. Each new account holder will be given priority in the
    waiting list.


5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:

  - Simplifying management of remaining IPv4 address pools.

Disadvantages:

None.


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


7. References
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