The proposal "prop-119-v001: Temporary transfers" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 44 in Taichung, Taiwan on Thursday, 14 September 2017.
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?
1. Problem statement ------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is currently not possible for an organisation to receive a temporary transfer under the current policy framework. Some organisations do not want to have address space registered as assignments or sub-allocations, but would rather have the address space registered as "ALLOCATED PA".
2. Objective of policy change ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create a possibility for temporary transfers that would allow organisations to have resources directly registered under them while they are the custodians of these resources on the Internet. While also guaranteeing that the offering party will under the APNIC policy be able to recover the resources once the “lease” time has expired unless specifically renewed.
3. Situation in other regions ------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIPE region has a concept of temporary transfers in their policies. This concept is not found in the other RIRs for the moment.
Adding to section "8.2.1. Conditions on the space to be transferred" the following paragraphs: It must be specified if the transfer is a permanent or temporary transfer.
A temporary transfer must have an end date, upon the end date the resources will be transferred back to the same origin account or its successor in the event of merger and acquisitions, unless the transfer is specifically prolonged and confirmed by both parties.
If the source account does no longer exist and has no successor, the space will then be returned to the origin RIR for the space. Temporary transfers cannot be further transferred.
Advantages: Gives a greater flexibility in how LIRs manage and distribute their free pool. Enables organisation to receive address space in the way they intend.
Disadvantages: These transfers would be treated and appear as regular transfers, only APNIC the offering and receiving party will be aware of their temporary nature.
Organisations receiving such space, if they further assign it, must make be ready to renumber/revoke space from their customers and services then the lease expires, this is no different than a sub-allocation and implies the same limitations.
6. Impact on resource holders ------------------------------------------------------------------------ none