Dear SIG members
A new version of the proposal “prop-113: Modification in the IPv4
eligibility criteria" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
Information about earlier versions is available from:
You are encouraged to express your views on the proposal:
- Do you support or oppose the proposal?
- Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
- What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?
Please find the text of the proposal below.
Kind Regards,
Masato
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prop-113-v003: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria
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Proposer: Aftab Siddiqui
Skeeve Stevens
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.