Dear SIG members
The proposal "prop-113: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 39 in Fukuoka,
Japan on Thursday, 5 March 2015.
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 proposal is available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-113
Regards
Masato
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prop-113-v001: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria
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Proposer: Aftab Siddiqui
aftab.siddiqui at gmail dot com
Skeeve Stevens
skeeve at eintellegonetworks dot com
1. Problem statement
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The current APNIC IPv4 delegation policy defines multiple
eligibility criteria and applicant must meet one to be eligible to
receive IPv4 resources. One of the criteria dictates that “an
organization is eligible if it is currently multi-homed with
provider-based addresses, or demonstrates a plan to multi-home
within one month” (section 3.3).
The policy seems to imply that multi-homing is mandatory even if
there is no use case for the applicant to be multi-homed or even
when there is only one upstream provider available, this has created
much confusion in interpreting this policy.
As a result organizations have either tempted to provide incorrect
or fabricated multi-homing information to get the IPv4 resources or
barred themselves from applying.
2. Objective of policy change
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In order to make the policy guidelines simpler we are proposing to
modify the text of section 3.3.
3. Situation in other regions
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ARIN:
There is no multi-homing requirement
RIPE:
There is no multi-homing requirement.
LACNIC:
Applicant can either have multi-homing requirement or interconnect.
AFRINIC:
There is no multi-homing requirement.
4. Proposed policy solution
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Section 3.3: Criteria for small delegations
An organization is eligible if it is currently multi-homed or
inter-connected with provider (ISP)-based addresses, or demonstrates
a plan to advertise the prefixes within 3 months.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
Removing the mandatory multi-homing requirement from the policy will
make sure that organizations are not tempted to provide wrong or
fabricated multi-homing information in order to fulfil the criteria
of eligibility.
Disadvantages:
There is no known disadvantage of this proposal.
6. Impact on resource holders
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No impact on existing resource holders.
7. References
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