I partially support this proposal. While minimizing the delegation size from /22 to /23 would delay the IPv4 exhaustion in this region, this discussion would return again later on with proposals like minimizing the delegation size to /24. It'd be interesting to see how community reacts to this.
BR//Awal On 18/1/19 12:17 PM, Bertrand Cherrier wrote: > > Dear SIG members, > > The proposal "prop-127-v001: Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 > IPv4 address pool to a /23" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review. > > It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 47 in > Daejeon, South Korea on Wednesday, 27 February 2019. > > 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-127 | > > Regards > > Sumon, Bertrand, Ching-Heng > APNIC Policy SIG Chairs > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > prop-127-v001: Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 IPv4 address > pool to a /23 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Proposers: Ching-Heng Ku, Aftab Siddiqui, Yen-Chieh Wang > c...@twnic.tw <mailto:c...@twnic.tw> > > > 1. Problem Statement > > This is a proposal to change the maximum size of IPv4 address delegations > from the APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool [1] to a /23. > > > 2. Objective of policy change > > The current final /8 allocation policy[1] requires that the current > minimum > delegation size for IPv4 is a /24 and each APNIC account holder is only > eligible > to receive IPv4 address delegations totalling a maximum /22 from the > APNIC 103/8 > IPv4 address pool. > > According to the APNIC IPv4 Address Report, https://ipv4.potaroo.net/, > remaining > addresses in the APNIC 103/8 pool are 42.8%, 33.3%, 23.4% of /8 in the > end of > 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. The remaining number of APNIC 103/8 > IPv4 > address pool for APNIC account holder is less and less. It is predicted > that > the 103/8 pool will be exhausted in 2020. > > Reducing the maximum IPv4 delegation size from APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address > pool can > prolong the exhaustion time of the 103/8. Newcomers of APNIC account > holders will > have the benefit in this period of time. New companies can obtain some > IPv4 address > space in the APNIC service region without the need to trade for address > space and > can make the preparation for the subsequent IPv6 migration. > > It is recommended that the number of assigned IPv4 addresses in Final /8 > be reduced > from a maximum of /22 to /23. It will be estimated to extend the > exhaustion time > for at least three years or more. > > > 3. Situation in other regions > > There is no similar policy in place in other RIR regions. > > > 4. Proposed policy solution > > It is proposed to modify the 6.1 Minimum and maximum IPv4 delegations of > the APNIC > Internet Number Resource Policies[1]. > > This proposal is to change the maximum size of IPv4 address delegations > from the > APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool[1] to a /23. /23 is important because new > ISPs can > use /24 for internal infrastructure and /24 customer assignments and NAT > for IPv6 > transition. > > Current Policy text > > Each APNIC account holder is only eligible to receive IPv4 address > delegations > totalling a maximum /22 from the APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool. > > New Policy text > > Each APNIC account holder without APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address delegations > from the > APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool is only eligible to receive a maximum /23 > from the > APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool. > > > 5. Advantages / Disadvantages > > Advantages: > - This proposal allows a greater range of networks to access the > resources in > the final /8. > > * This proposal extends the maximum possible total number of > networks that can benefit from the final /8 pool from around > 16,000 to around 18,000 networks, providing small amounts of IPv4 > to be available for networks, developing economy, etc., making the > transition to IPv6 for many years to come. > > Disadvantages: > - No disadvantages are foreseen. > > > 6. Impact on resource holders > > It reduces the maximum size of the delegated address block available to > APNIC > members during the final /8 phase. This will affect NIR members in the > same way > as APNIC members. > > > 7. References > > [1] Section 6.1. "Minimum and maximum IPv4 delegations" of "Policies for > IPv4 address > space management in the Asia Pacific region" > https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/resources#Part-2-IPv4-Policy > > > * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy > * > _______________________________________________ > sig-policy mailing list > sig-policy@lists.apnic.net > https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy
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