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Dear SIG members 'A simple transfer proposal' has been sent to the
Policy SIG for review. It will be presented at the Policy SIG at APNIC The proposal's history can be found at: http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-067-v001.html We invite you to review and comment on the
proposal on the mailing list before the meeting. The comment period on the mailing list before an
APNIC meeting is an important part of the policy development process. 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? Jian and Randy ________________________________________________________________________ prop-067-v001: A simple transfer proposal
________________________________________________________________________ Authors: Randy Bush
randy at psg dot com
Philip Smith
pfs at cisco dot com Version: 1 Date: 24 December
2008 1. Introduction ---------------- This policy proposal seeks to permit APNIC to
document transfers of IPv4 address space between organisations. 2. Summary of current problem ------------------------------ There is already a small and growing activity of
organisations holding Internet resources transferring these resources between
each other. There is no record of these transfers held by
APNIC, resulting in the invalidity of registration information for those
resources. 3. Situation in other RIRs --------------------------- RIPE NCC: The policy proposal
2007-08, "Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources" was
accepted in December 2008. See: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-08.html ARIN: The proposal 2007-08,
"Transfer Policy Clarifications" was implemented in August 2007: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_8.html Proposal 2008-02,
"IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal" was abandoned: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_2.html The proposal 2008-06,
"Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses" is in last call until 21
January 2009: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_6.html LACNIC and AfriNIC have no similar policy. 4. Details of the proposal --------------------------- It is proposed that: 4.1 An organisation may transfer: a. An intact allocated
block
- Allocated blocks smaller than the current minimum APNIC
allocation size may also be transferred as an intact block.
For example, a legacy /24. b. One or more
subnets of an allocated block, provided no subnet is
smaller than the current minimum APNIC allocation size. 4.2 The recipient must be able to justify use of
the transferred resources according to
current APNIC allocation and assignment criteria. 4.3 Transfers between regions are permitted
providing that: a. The organisation
originating transfer of an address block must follow
the policies of the originating RIR. b. The organisation
receiving an address block must follow the
policies of the receiving RIR. 4.4 The originating address holder must be the
holder of record, whether a current
member, historical, or otherwise. 4.5 If either the origin or recipient of the
address block is in the APNIC region, they
should be the holder of a current account in APNIC or the appropriate
NIR. 4.6 If the originating address holder is in the
APNIC region, they are prohibited from
receiving more IPv4 address space, whether via transfer or directly
from APNIC, for two years. 5. Advantages and disadvantages of the
proposal ------------------------------------------------ 5.1 Advantages - The policy ensures the
continued accuracy of APNIC's assignment and
allocation database. Most service
providers on the Internet today check the RIR assignment
and allocation databases to determine who the legitimate
holder of the Internet resources is prior to accepting those
resources in routing announcements from their customers. This
proposal ensures that they can carry on with this valuable validation
technique during the run-out phase of IPv4 when transfers
become more commonplace. - The policy allows
currently allocated yet unused IPv4 address space to be
transferred to an entity that will be able to make use of it. 5.2 Disadvantages - None. 6. Effect on APNIC Members --------------------------- The proposal impacts all APNIC members in that it
allows them to originate or receive transfers of IPv4 address space directly
to/from another LIR. 7. Effect on NIRs ------------------ The proposal has no direct impact on NIRs, but
impacts members of NIRs in the same way it impacts APNIC members. _______________________________________________ Sig-policy-chair mailing list Sig-policy-chair at apnic dot net http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy-chair
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