Re: [sig-policy] Address Transfer Policy Proposal
> "On DD/MM/YYYY The member with the unique anonymous ID of A91A7381
> (from APNIC delegated stats files) has applied for additional
> resources with consideration in regard to this policy (prop ###)."
But, APNIC members can figure out which address space is already allocated to A91A7381 from stats file,
and they can also figure out who is allocated that address space from whois.
So, it means APNIC members can easily figure out who applied this request by above notice.
(especially, if it is done by direct member)
> The notice of application is to add a level of transparency to a
> potentially murky state. While I don't ever expect APNIC to
> decline a
> request from a member in such a situation. I think it serves the
> community better to have some level of visibility that some
> organisations are indeed coming back after disposal. The
> knowledge of
> those events (through an RSS feed) will allow us to ask questions..
> "did we get this policy right?", "Is there a corner case here
> that we,
> as a community missed?", "should the policy be amended?".. and many
> other questions that come with such post implementation knowledge. I
> personally don't need to know which organisations are applying, nor
> the specifics of their application. Given that APNIC already publish
> unique IDs liked to resources in the stats files, I don't see my
> suggestion as a breech, or onerous on the secretariat. I am
> interested, however, in the frequency and timing instances where
> organisations do trigger this action.
If it is your concerns, Andy's suggestion also covers it without conflicting with confidentiality.
Rgs,
Masato Yamanishi
Softbank BB Corp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net
> [mailto:sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net] On Behalf Of
> Terry Manderson
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 8:39 AM
> To: Geoff Huston
> Cc: Policy SIG
> Subject: Re: [sig-policy] Address Transfer Policy Proposal
>
>
> Hi Geoff,
>
> On 16/07/2009, at 8:27 PM, Geoff Huston wrote:
> >>
> >> C ver 1.1 ;)
> >>
> >> "When a member disposes of address space using this transfer policy
> >> the member should not be entitled to any further IPv4 allocations
> >> or assigments from APNIC for a period of 12 months or until the
> >> "final / 8" assignment measures are implemented. In exceptional
> >> circumstances a member can submit a comprehensive plan justifying
> >> an allocation and a notice of application will be posted
> for at least
> >> 7 days on the APNIC website."
> >
> >
> > "a notice of application will be posted for at least 7 days on the
> > APNIC website"
> >
> > My, possibly incorrect, interpretation of this condition is
> that this
> > appears to be a significant departure from current practices where
> > applications and the details of applications are treated in strict
> > confidence by APNIC staff.
> >
> > Section 3.1 para g of the APNIC membership agreement
> commits APNIC to:
> > "not disclose to any person (except to the General Secretariat,
> > Internet Administration Authorities, staff and contractors
> performing
> > necessary work for APNIC who sign a non-disclosure agreement, or as
> > legally required to do so) any confidential information which the
> > Member provides to the Company"
> >
>
> Does this include the act of retuning for address space within the
> constructs of this policy proposal?
>
>
> > It would appear to me that this requirement to publish the
> application
>
> ahh.. I see how you got there... The wording is "notice of
> application", so I certainly don't expect APNIC or APNIC staff to
> breech the confidentiality clauses housed in the membership
> agreement.
> My intention was not for APNIC to post the application publicly.
>
> An example notice of application can be as simple as:
>
> "On DD/MM/YYYY The member with the unique anonymous ID of A91A7381
> (from APNIC delegated stats files) has applied for additional
> resources with consideration in regard to this policy (prop ###)."
>
> Does this breech the membership confidentiality clause?
>
> Those who are interested can then do legwork to observe the past
> records of the ID A91A7381.. heck APNIC might even be kind enough to
> href A91A7381 to `grep A91A7381 delegated-apnic-extended-latest` ;)
>
> (note: I picked A91A7381 at random)
>
> > suggest that it would require a new membership agreement, on the
> > assumption that applications are treated as confidential information
> > under the terms of the current membership agreement.
> >
> > So is this publication of an application really what was intended
> > here?
>
> No that isn't what was intended.
>
> > And are folk comfortable with this?
>
> .. Your interpretation, I should hope not! ;-P
>
> > Or am I missing something
> > here and is something different than disclosure of an application is
> > intended in the above text?
> >
>
> yes.
>
> > I am also unsure what is intended by such a publication of an
> > application. Is the secretariat supposed to take note of any comment
> > received from posting such a notice? Or not? Or... ? I suppose I am
>
> I personally am not looking for a "email the secretariat to object"
> link. I would trust that the secretariat has done due process
> and this
> really is just a notification for the benefit of the community..
>
> >
> > trying to understand what purpose is to be served by such a
> notice of
> > publication - some clarification here would be appreciated.
> >
>
> The notice of application is to add a level of transparency to a
> potentially murky state. While I don't ever expect APNIC to
> decline a
> request from a member in such a situation. I think it serves the
> community better to have some level of visibility that some
> organisations are indeed coming back after disposal. The
> knowledge of
> those events (through an RSS feed) will allow us to ask questions..
> "did we get this policy right?", "Is there a corner case here
> that we,
> as a community missed?", "should the policy be amended?".. and many
> other questions that come with such post implementation knowledge. I
> personally don't need to know which organisations are applying, nor
> the specifics of their application. Given that APNIC already publish
> unique IDs liked to resources in the stats files, I don't see my
> suggestion as a breech, or onerous on the secretariat. I am
> interested, however, in the frequency and timing instances where
> organisations do trigger this action.
>
> Terry
>
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