Dear colleagues

APNIC welcomes comments, questions, and suggestions on the following policy proposal:

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Final call for comments: [prop-005-v004] "IANA global IPv6 allocation policy" ____________________

This is the final call for comments on policy proposal [prop-005-v004] "IANA global IPv6 allocation policy".

This proposal was presented at APNIC 18 and the original proposal was modified to include the following:

- Defined allocation unit (suggested size is /12) - All allocations should be in multiples of the minimum allocation size (suggested to be as a single CIDR block) - IANA allocations are made for a defined period (suggested as 36 months) - RIR qualifies for subsequent allocation when a defined amount is utilised by allocation or reservation (suggested amount is 50 percent) - IANA to process requests according to NRO and IANA agreed procedures - Communication by IANA to RIRs only.

Based on the modified proposal, the following consensus was reached:

"to adopt the proposal governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)"

This proposal is now submitted to the sig-policy mailing list for an eight week discussion period. At the end of that period, if consensus appears to have been achieved, the Chair of the Policy SIG will ask the Executive Council to endorse the proposal for implementation.

* Send all comments and questions to: sig-policy@apnic.net * Deadline for comments: 12 November 2004

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Proposal details _____________________________________________________________________

This document describes the policy governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). This document does not stipulate performance requirements in the provision of services by IANA to an RIR in accordance with the policy. Such requirements should be specified by appropriate agreements among the RIRs and ICANN.

1. Allocation principles ---------------------------

1.1 The unit of IPv6 allocation (and therefore the minimum IPv6 allocation) from IANA to an RIR is a /12;

1.2 Every IPv6 allocation from IANA to an RIR will comprise a single CIDR prefix.

1.3 The IANA will allocate sufficient IPv6 address space to each RIR to support its registration needs for at least a 36 month period;

1.4 The IANA will allow each RIR to apply its own respective chosen allocation and reservation strategies in order to ensure the efficiency and efficacy of its work.

2. IANA allocations to RIRs ------------------------------

2.1 Initial allocations

On inception of this policy, each current RIR shall receive an IPv6 allocation from the IANA.

Any new RIR shall, on recognition by ICANN, receive an IPv6 allocation from the IANA.

2.2 Additional allocations - Eligibility

A RIR is eligible to receive additional IPv6 address space from the IANA when it has utilised (allocated or reserved) more than 50% of its total IPv6 address space holdings.

2.3 Size of additional allocations

Each additional allocation to an RIR will be a number (one or more) of /12 blocks, sufficient to ensure that the RIR holds at least 36 months' supply of IPv6 address space.

3. Announcement of IANA allocations --------------------------------------

When address space is allocated to a RIR, the IANA will send a detailed announcement to the receiving RIR. The IANA will also make announcements to all other RIRs, informing them of the recent allocation. The RIRs will coordinate announcements to their respective membership lists and any other lists they deem necessary.

The IANA will make appropriate modifications to the "Internet Protocol V6 Address Space" page of the IANA website and may make announcements to its own appropriate announcement lists. The IANA announcements will be limited to which address ranges, the time of allocation and to which Registry they have been allocated.

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References ____________________

Proposal details including full text of proposal, presentations, links to relevant meeting minutes, and links to mailing list discussions are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-005-v004.html

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