| Dear colleagues Version 2 of prop-120: Final /8 pool exhaustion plan, did not reach consensus at the APNIC 45 Open Policy Meeting and was returned to the mailing list for further discussion. Proposal details, including the full text of the proposal, history, and links to previous versions are available at: https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/prop-120/ Regards Sumon, Bertrand, Ching-Heng Policy SIG Chairs https://www.apnic.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/prop-120-v002.txt ------------------------------------------------------- prop-120-v002: Final /8 pool exhaustion plan ------------------------------------------------------- Proposer: Tomohiro Fujisaki fujisaki at syce dot net 1. Problem statement -------------------- APNIC makes IPv4 address delegation from two IPv4 pools. These are the 103/8 (Final /8) pool and the non-103/8 IPv4 Recovered pool. Currently, there are no IPv4 addresses in the non-103/8 IPv4 Recovered pool and APNIC manages a Recovered Pool Waiting List for approved requests. And, based on the Geoff's projection (*1), the 103/8 (Final /8) pool will be exhausted in a few years. It will be necessary to make a guidance about how to manage the IPv4 delegation after both IPv4 pools exhaustion. 2. Objective of policy change ----------------------------- To provide a guidance for 103/8 pool exhaustion. 3. Situation in other regions ----------------------------- None. 4. Proposed policy solution --------------------------- Guidance for 103/8 pool exhaustion: - The first time an approved request cannot be fulfilled from the 103/8 pool, a waiting list will be created. That waiting list will be managed same as recovered pool waiting list. - APNIC continue to manage two pools, the recovered pool and the 103/8 pool. 5. Advantages / Disadvantages ----------------------------- Advantages: - Possible to avoid confusion at 103/8 address pool exhaustion date Disadvantages: None. 6. Impact on resource holders ------------------------------ No impact to resource holders. 7. References ------------- 1. IPv4 Address Report http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/ |