Re: [sig-policy] prop-096: Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in
prevent other RIRs from accepting global transfers to APNIC.
Owen
On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:30 AM, Terence Zhang YH wrote:
> Dear SIG members,
>
> The proposal, 'Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in transfer
> policy after the final /8 phase', has been sent to the Policy SIG for
> review. It will be presented at the Policy SIG at APNIC 31 in Hong Kong
> SAR, China, 21-25 February 2011.
>
> 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?
>
>
> Information about this and other policy proposals is available from:
>
> http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals
>
>
> Gaurab, Ching-Heng, and Terence
>
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> prop-096-v001: Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in transfer
> policy after the final /8 phase
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> Author: Tomohiro Fujisaki
>
> Co-authors: Masaru Akai
> Fuminori Tanizaki
> Toshio Tachibana
> Akira Nakagawa
>
> Version: 1
>
> Date: 25 January 2011
>
>
>
> 1. Introduction
> ----------------
>
> This is a proposal to maintain the requirement for recipients of IPv4
> transfers to justify their need for address space beyond the current
> allocation phase and into the final /8 phase.
>
>
> 2. Summary of the current problem
> ----------------------------------
>
> The current APNIC transfer policy removes the requirement to
> demonstrate a need for transferred IPv4 addresses after the final /8
> phase begins.
>
> However, this removal of justification of need once APNIC enters the
> final /8 phase will make APNIC the only RIR that does not require a
> demonstrated need to be shown for an IPv4 transfer to be approved.
>
> If an inter-RIR transfer policy, such as prop-095, were to be approved,
> given that any transfers would be conducted according to the transfer
> policy of the source RIR, it would disadvantage APNIC if other RIRs
> were to be able to transfer IPv4 addresses from APNIC without requiring
> any justification.
>
> Contrast this with transfers where APNIC is the recipient of the
> transfer, and must follow the transfer policy of the source RIR. Since
> all other RIRs require justification in transfers, it would be more
> difficult to have transfers of addresses into the APNIC region than it
> would for addresses to be transferred out of the APNIC region.
>
> In addition, having no justification requirement in the final /8 phase
> is raising concerns in some RIR regions and making them reluctant to
> recognize any inter-RIR transfer policy with APNIC. Therefore, it is
> possible that even if APNIC were to adopt prop-095, no other RIR may be
> willing to engage in such inter-RIR transfers with APNIC.
>
>
> 3. Situation in other RIRs
> ---------------------------
>
> All other RIRs that adopt the IPv4 transfer policy require demonstrated
> need at the time of the transfer.
>
> AfriNIC:
>
> AfriNIC permits transfers of IPv4 addresses as part of name changes
> and transfers of tangible assets associated with addresses.
> Utilization of the addresses must be verified. See Section 8.1,
> "Introduction" in "IPv4 Address Allocation Policies":
>
> http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2005-v4-001.htm
>
>
> ARIN:
>
> ARIN policy requires that transfers to specified recipients can
> take place provided the recipient can demonstrate the need for such
> resources, as a single aggregate, in the exact amount which they
> can justify under current ARIN policies. See Section 8.3,
> "Transfers to Specified Recipients" in the "ARIN Number Resource
> Policy Manual":
>
> https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight2
>
>
> LACNIC:
>
> LACNIC policy has a transfer policy that will take effect when
> LACNIC or any of its NIRs becomes unable, for the first time, to
> cover an IPv4 block allocation or assignment because of a lack of
> resources. Under this policy, the recipient of the transfer must be
> able to justify its need for the IPv4 addresses. See Section
> 2.3.2.18, "Transfer of IPv4 Blocks within the LACNIC Region," in
> the LACNIC Policy Manual (v1.4):
>
> http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/manual3.html
>
>
> RIPE:
>
> The RIPE policy permits transfers of complete or partial blocks of
> IPv4 allocations. The RIPE NCC will evaluate the real need of the
> receiving LIR as per the policies for further allocation. For more,
> see section 5.5, "Transfers of Allocations", in "IPv4 Address
> Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region:
>
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-509.html
>
>
>
> 4. Details
> -----------
>
> It is proposed that recipients of transfers continue to be required to
> justify their need for IPv4 address space after the final /8 policy is
> activated.
>
>
> 5. Pros/Cons
> -------------
>
> Advantages:
>
> - It allows APNIC to maintain consistency with the pre-final /8
> transfer policy and to observe its impact before any potential
> future removal of the justification requirement.
>
> - It places APNIC policy in line with other RIRs on the transfer
> conditions during APNIC's final /8 phase.
>
> - It will also prevent the APNIC region from having its address
> space transferred to other regions without the recipient in the
> other region needing to demonstrate a need for those addresses.
>
>
> Disadvantages:
>
> - Some may argue that justifying need is an unecessary additional
> requirement to the transfer of IPv4 addresses in the final /8
> phase and could potentially be a barrier to the accurate
> recording of transferred IPv4 blocks registered in the APNIC
> Whois Database.
>
> However, if organizations have a genuine need for IPv4 addresses,
> they should be able to explain and justify their requirements for
> transfered IPv4 addresses, as they do before the final /8 phase
> today.
>
>
> 6. Effect on APNIC
> -------------------
>
> This will change the condition of the transfer in the APNIC region in
> the final /8 phase. However, since the criteria remains the same as
> today, Members will actually not feel the impact.
>
>
> 7. Effect on NIRs
> ------------------
>
> It is the NIR's choice as to whether to adopt this policy.
>
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