Dear APNIC Policy SIG chairs,
I am Ching-Heng Ku from TWNIC. I would like to
have a Informational proposal which is regarding IP address space transfer
between existing LIRs. It will take around 15 mins. Please find the following
for the brief. Could you please spare me a timeslot for the presentation. Thank
you very much!
Best regards,
Ching-Heng Ku
TWNIC
TEL: 886-2-23411313#300
FAX: 886-2-23968871
Topic:
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Proposal for Information Sharing on Transfer
of IPv4 Address
Space Allocation Between Taiwan LIRs
Summary:
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This proposal aims to
describe some situations while unique requests
may be occurred during
the IPv4 allocation transfer processes between LIRs.
APNIC IPv4 Address Policy DID provide guidelines of
the address space
management for the special conditions, such as
mergers, acquisitions, and
takeovers of LIRs. For example, the Policy mentions that all
of the address
space assigned to the eliminated LIR previously must be reviewed
or returned
back to APNIC after those transformations completed.
However, with our experience, there were cases may need
different
solutions/extra guidelines to resolve some problems
attached.
For instance, it may not be sufficient to utilize the
same approaches to handle
requests occurred due to the changes of some services or
subsidiary, instead
of the whole company, shifted from ISP A to ISP B. Moreover, an idea of
customers would like to keep the same IP resource (e.g.
fixed IP) during any
transfers occurred between LIRs or ISPs, may be need to
take into consideration
of policy making.
On the other hand,
if the partial IPv4 allocation transfer between LIRs are
permitted,
some suggested guidelines
must be considered. For example, the size of the minimal
unit,
ie.
the
minimal allocation, is needed be claimed for the partial allocated address space
transfer.
This proposal does not conflict with current APNIC
policy, and it’s proposed only
to seek for advises or suggestion on the APNIC procedure
for management and
allocation of IPv4 addresses.
Benefit:
1.
Increase the IP address
usability:
The customer within the fixed IP service can
use the original
IP address even though the internet service
provider (ISP) changed.
2.
Increase the flexibility of IP address management
The partial IP allocation transfer will be handled by the management of the
internet registry.
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