Dear SIG members,

The proposal "prop-147: Historical Resources Management" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.

It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 54 on Thursday, 15 September 2022.

https://conference.apnic.net/54/program/schedule/#/day/8

We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list before the OPM.

The comment period on the mailing list before the OPM is an important part of the Policy Development Process (PDP). 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 appended below as well as available at:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-147

Regards, Bertrand, Shaila, and Ching-Heng APNIC Policy SIG Chairs

---------------------------------------------------------------

prop-147-v001: Historical Resources Management

----------------------------------------------------------------

Proposer: Jordi Palet Martinez (jordi.palet@theipv6company.comAnupam) Anupam Agrawal (anupamagrawal.in@gmail.com)

1. Problem statement -------------------- Section 4.2.1 is outdated and only looking for very old non-routed resources.

The recent EC resolution (22nd February 2022), imply that historical resource holders in the APNIC region would need to become Members or Non-Members by 1st January 2023 in order to receive registration services. Failing this, historical resource registration will no longer be published in the APNIC Whois Database and said resources will be placed into reserved status.

Given the continued need for IPv4 addresses, it would seem illogical to keep these unused historical resources in reserve indefinitely. Alternatively, these resources can be used in a way that is sufficiently justified in accordance with existing policies, allowing other organizations to benefit from them during the IPv6 transition.

2. Objective of policy change ----------------------------- Ensure that historical IPv4 resources are justified and claimed, or that they are available for other organizations that require them.

If the resources are marked as reserved, the original holders may reclaim them with a valid justification, when APNIC failed to contact them for whatever reason.

One example of a valid justification is the case where an organization is actually using them internally and there are valid reasons to instead use RFC1918 space, however the space is not routed.

To give the original resource holders more time to reclaim them, we propose two time-frames for the community discussion and consideration: 6 months and 12 months.

3. Situation in other regions ----------------------------- In other RIRs legacy resources lose their legacy status when the RSA is signed (upon receiving other resources), so they become under the regular monitoring. In other cases, there is nothing specified by policies.

4. Proposed policy solution --------------------------- Proposed policy solution (option 6-months):

Actual text: 4.2.1. Recovery of unused historical resources (remove) To recover these globally un-routed resources and place them back in the free pool for re-delegation, APNIC will contact networks responsible for historical address space in the APNIC region that has not been globally routed since 1 January 1998.

To recover un-routed historical AS numbers, APNIC will contact networks responsible for resources not globally used for a reasonable period of time.

Proposed text: 4.3. Historical Resources Management Historical resources that have not been claimed by the original resource holder will be deleted from the APNIC Whois database after 1st January 2023, and marked as reserved.

Historical resources marked as reserved have an additional six (6) months to be claimed by their original custodians. After that, APNIC will add these resources to the available pool for re-delegation.

Proposed policy solution (option 12-months): Actual text: 4.2.1. Recovery of unused historical resources (remove) To recover these globally un-routed resources and place them back in the free pool for re-delegation, APNIC will contact networks responsible for historical address space in the APNIC region that has not been globally routed since 1 January 1998.

To recover un-routed historical AS numbers, APNIC will contact networks responsible for resources not globally used for a reasonable period of time. Proposed text: 4.3. Historical Resources Management Historical resources that have not been claimed by the original resource holder will be deleted from the APNIC Whois database after 1st January 2023, and marked as reserved.

Historical resources marked as reserved have an additional twelve (12) months to be claimed by their original custodians. After that, APNIC will add these resources to the available pool for re-delegation.

5. Advantages / Disadvantages ----------------------------- Advantages: Fulfilling the objective above indicated.

Disadvantages: None.

6. Impact on resource holders ----------------------------- None.

7. References ------------- None.