Thanks Bill,
And thanks for _clearly indicating that you support the policy. I
think it would be a good idea for those who support the policy to
come out and say so explicitly.
Regards,
-Vincent
On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote:
This seems like an eminently sensible policy to me. In addition,
it's admirably clearly written. A quality other RIRs' members
could benefit by emulating.
I support this policy.
-Bill
Please excuse the brevity of this message; I typed it on my pager.
I could be more loquacious, but then I'd crash my car.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Ngundi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:53:30
To:AfriNIC Policy Working Group List <policy-wg@afrinic.net>
Subject: [resource-policy] AfriNIC Policy Proposal: IPv6 Provider
Independent (PI) Assignment for End-Sites
Hi All,
I hereby submit the above policy proposal for discussion by the
AfriNIC community. I have tried to incorporate_most of the
suggestions in the previous discussions and it's my hope that we
will, from this draft and your suggestions, come up with a policy
that will serve the AfriNIC community and the Internet community at
large well.
It's worth noting that other RIR's have *similar* but *varied*
policies for the same end, part of the reason being that the
communities in the different regions have different needs. It's
also worth noting that policies are_not static and as such can be
modified/revised as the need arises. Bottom line is that we need a
policy that will allow us to exploit the emerging Internet
technologies, IPv6 in this case.
I truly hope that we'll have a fruitful discussion and that we
shall have a policy to work with after the next Open Public Policy
meeting in Abuja.
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Name : Vincent Ngundi
Alain Aina
Organisation : Kenya Network Information Center - KeNIC
Policy Affected :
Date : 30th January 2007
Proposal : IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) Assignment for
End-Sites
Policy Term : Permanent
Incentive : The current policy does not allow IPv6 provider
independent (PI) address assignment to any 'end-sites'. In
addition, lack of IPv6 transport will compel many 'end-sites' to
tunnel. Thus, to avoid renumbering when IPv6 transport will be
available, a provider independent assignment seems reasonable. More
so, not all LIR's have IPv6 address space allocations. This makes
it impossible for end-users to get PA IPv6 address space
from such upstreams (LIR's). This policy is also aimed at providing
IPv6 address space to such end-users as long as they already have
or qualify to get PI IPv4 addresses.
Introduction
This policy allows 'end-sites' to be assigned IPv6 provider
independent (PI) addresses. 'end-sites' include End-Users who
already have or qualify to get IPv4 PI addresses and critical
Infrastructure providers such as TLD root server operators and
public Internet eXchange Points (IXP's).
Current Situation
AfriNIC has discussed similar proposals recently during it's last
two Open Policy meetings but both proposals have been returned to
the public mailing lists for further discussion due to lack of
consensus.
Details
(1) Assignment target:
End-sites which provide Public Internet services for a single
administrative organisations' network, regardless of their size.
(2) Assignment criteria:
* The end-site must not be an IPv6 LIR
* The end-site must become an AfriNIC End User Member and pay the
normal AfriNIC fee for its' membership category
* The end site must either:
- be a holder of IPv4 PI address space or
- qualify for an IPv4 PI assignment from AfriNIC under the IPv4
policy currently in effect.
* The end-site must justify the need for the IPv6 PI address space.
* The 'end-site' must show a plan to use and announce the IPv6
provider independent address space within twelve (12) months. After
that period, if not announced, the assigned IPv6 PI address space
should be reclaimed and returned to the free pool by AfriNIC.
(3) Provider Independent (PI) address space:
* The provider independent (PI) assignment should be made from a
specified /32 block.
* The intial provider independent assignment size to an end-site
should be a /48, or a shorter/longer prefix if the end-site can
justify it.
Effect on AfriNIC
No direct effect on the existing AfriNIC members, nor changes to
the current IPv6 allocation criteria.
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Regards,
-Vincent
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