[French version will follow shortly]
Dear Colleagues,
On 31st March 2017, AFRINIC has approved a request for IPv4 resources that
could not be fulfilled from the IPv4 address space available in the AFRINIC
pool (with the exception of the final /8), triggering Phase 1 of IPv4
Exhaustion.
GUIDANCE FOR MEMBERS
AFRINIC Resource Members are kindly requested to familiarise themselves with
the IPv4 Soft Landing policy as described in Section 5.4 of the Consolidated
Policy Manual, which can be found here:
www.afrinic.net/library/policies/1829-afrinic-consolidated-policy-manual.
In addition to the policy itself, please refer to the following previous
communiques:
• 16 January 2017, available at
http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1973-afrinic-is-approaching-ipv4-exhaustion-phase-1;
• 30 March 2017, available at
http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/2049-ipv4-exhaustion-phase-1-imminent
To ensure timely evaluation of all Internet number resource requests, Members
are requested to ensure that:
• They are in good standing (all fees are paid up, and RSA duly signed)
• Submit complete IPv4 resource requests, including all information
needed to verify policy compliance.
• Make arrangements for AFRINIC staff to check online statistics via
screen sharing or similar methods, at a time between 06:00UTC and 11:30am UTC,
Monday to Friday (between 10:00 and 15:30 Mauritius time (UTC+4)).
CHANGES TO POLICIES IN EXHAUSTION PHASE 1
Now that Exhaustion Phase 1 has begun, the current IPv4 policies continue to
apply, but certain changes take effect:
• The minimum IPv4 allocation for LIRs will be /22, and the
minimum IPv4 assignment for End User Members will be /24. (section 5.4.3.1).
• The maximum IPv4 allocation/assignment shall be /13 (section
5.4.3.1).
• No explicit limit on the number of times an organisation may
request additional IPv4 space (section 5.4.4).
• Allocation/assignment period (planning window) changes from
12 months to 8 months (section 5.4.5).
• Existing Resource Members are eligible to get additional
blocks of IPv4 address space if 90% efficient usage of all resources has been
demonstrated (section 5.4.6.1).
• Use of AFRINIC IPv4 resources outside the AFRINIC service
region should be solely in support of connectivity back to the AFRINIC region
(section 5.4.6.2).
• A /12 IPv4 address block will be reserved from the final /8.
This /12 IPv4 address block shall be preserved by AFRINIC for future uses, as
yet unforeseen (section 5.4.7).
Please see the relevant sections in the Consolidated Policy Manual for more
information:
www.afrinic.net/library/policies/1829-afrinic-consolidated-policy-manual
FUTURE COMMUNIQUES
AFRINIC will issue future communiques as necessary in order to keep the
membership informed. Further, if you have any questions about IPv4 Exhaustion,
please contact AFRINIC hostmasters on [email protected].
More information:
• AFRINIC's available inventory of IPv4 space is updated daily at:
www.afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion
• IPv4 exhaustion: www.afrinic.net/en/community/ipv4-exhaustion
• IPv6 deployment: www.afrinic.net/en/services/ipv6-programme
• AFRINIC's Policy Development Process (PDP):
www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development
• Global Policy: Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4
Address Space: www.icann.org/resources/pages/remaining-ipv4-2012-02-25-en
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