Dear SIG members,
Here is the Secretariat impact assessment for prop-144-v002.
APNIC understands this proposal is suggesting reserving a
/21 IPv4 address space for the next five years from the date of the
implementation of this proposal if reached consensus. This
reservation will
expire five years after the date of the implementation.
In addition, this proposal also suggests
bringing the
current policy text in line with the Membership Fee Schedule by
replacing the
words “IP resource application fee” with “assessment of a Member’s
annual fee” under
the Section 5.7.5 of the APNIC's Internet Number Resource Policies
document.
Clarification:
It is not clear from the proposal if the
Experimental
allocations policy for IPv4 requests would continue or deprecates
after the
expiration of the reserved space?
Recommendation:
May be this data is useful for the proposal
discussion to
decrease or increase the IPv4 reserved address space.
In the last five years (2017-2021) APNIC
delegated six /24s
to Experimental allocation requests.
Observations:
Three of the five experimental IPv4 delegations
included
memorable ranges so they are easy to remember for DNS experiments.
If this
proposal is implemented, APNIC won’t be able to process any
special requests
for delegation of a memorable IPv4 address.
Implementation:
This proposal would not require any changes to the
systems.
If this proposal reaches consensus, implementation can be
completed within 3 months.
Regards,
Sunny and Odagi
Policy Support
On 2/02/2022 1:18 pm, chku wrote:
Dear
SIG members,
The proposal "prop-144-v002: Reserve pool under Experimental
Allocations Policy"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 53
on
Wednesday, 02 March 2022.
https://conference.apnic.net/53/program/schedule-conference/#/day/10
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-144
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Ching-Heng
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-144-v002: Reserve pool under Experimental Allocations Policy
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Proposer: Anupam Agrawal (anupamagrawal.in@gmail.com)
Simon Sohel Baroi (sbaroi@gmail.com)
Amrita Choudhury(amritachoudhury@ccaoi.in)
1. Problem statement
--------------------
The existing experimental allocations policy predates the PDP,
with the policy being first published
on 29 December 2003 as a document apnic-109-v001. The goals
enumerated in apnic-109-v001 have been
carried forward as Section 5.7 in apnic-127 which is to provide
fair access to Internet resources for
genuine researchers, to encourage development of new technologies
and refinement of standards.
There appears to be no condition in apnic-127, Section 5.7.2 -
Experimental Allocations Policy dealing
with eligibility criteria restricting experimental allocations or
mentioning from which /8 the IPv4
resource needs to be given. Hence, it can be construed that if the
request for experimental allocation
satisfies requirement as mentioned in Section 5.7.2.1 or Section
5.7.2.2, then the requestor is eligible
to receive it.
In terms of request, in the last 10 years, APNIC has made only two
experimental allocations:
- IPv6 only in 2010 and
- IPv4 and IPv6 (same organization) in 2018 and there are
indications
of receiving a request for IPv4 only.
Herein, the policy being silent on the quantity of allocations
which can be made under Experimental Policy
is resulting in operational concern for APNIC secretariat as to
whether allocations can be done under this
policy from the last /8 IPv4 addresses available with APNIC.
2. Objective of policy change
-----------------------------
The objective of the policy change is to provide reasonable
assurance to the community on continuous availability
of IPv4 addresses to engage in experiments and use the addresses
as per the guidelines of the experimental policy.
This will be in line with the spirit of Experimental RFCs being
developed in IETF and the intended goal of the policy.
3. Situation in other regions
-----------------------------
All the other regions (except RIPE) do have an experimental
allocation policy, but none have a reserved pool for the purpose.
4. Proposed policy solution
---------------------------
We propose adding the following text to Section 5.7.2 of the
policy document.
“A dedicated /21 IPv4 address space has been reserved under this
policy for five years from the date of implementation of
this policy to use for Experimental allocation requests. This
reservation will expire 5 years after the policy implementation.”
Additionally, we propose to alter Section 5.7.5 of the policy by
replacing the words IP resource application fee with the
words assessment of a Member’s annual fee.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
-----------------------------
Advantages:
This will make the experimental allocation policy clearer and
forward looking. It will ensure continuous availability of IPv4
address space for the researchers including the academic community
from the 54 economies of Asia Pacific region wherein
research and education networks are increasingly getting engaged
with experimentation requiring Internet resources.
The proposed changes in Section 5.7.5 will align the policy with
the fee schedule.
Disadvantages:
There are no perceived disadvantages of this proposal.
6. Impact on resource holders
-----------------------------
There is no impact on resource holders as this is a reservation
request for experimental allocation from the existing resources.
7. References
-------------
Nil.
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