Dear SIG members,
The proposal "prop-149: Change of maximum delegation for less than /21
total
IPv4 holdings" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 55 on
Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
https://conference.apnic.net/55/program/schedule/#/day/10
We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list
before the OPM.
The comment period on the mailing list before the OPM is an important
part of the Policy Development Process (PDP). 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 appended below as well as available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-149
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Anupam
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-149-v001: Change of maximum delegation for less than /21 total IPv4
holdings
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Proposer: Shubham Agarwal ([email protected])
Gaurav Kansal [email protected]
1. Problem statement
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Over the last three years, no more than 8,00,000 IPv4 addresses have
been reassigned in a single year.
Status of IPv4 Allocation by APNIC in 2022:
Available Pool: 2,593,792 IPv4 Address | about 5,066 Of /23
Reserved Pool: 1,702,144 IPv4 Address | about 3,300 Of /23
A sizable portion of the IPv4 pool is 'available+reserved' at APNIC. If
APNIC continues to delegate /23
IPv4 at its current rate of 145 x /23 delegations per month, the pool
will be depleted by the end of 2027.
This implies that a significant portion of the IPv4 address space will
remain available or unallocated
for an extended period of time, and that a sizable community may
continue to face resource shortages.
This is a proposal to give APNIC account holders with fewer than /21
delegated IPv4 resources (i.e. fewer
than 2,048 IPs) access to an additional /23 IPv4 address block.
2. Objective of policy change
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According to the current IPv4 allocation policy, APNIC account holders
are only qualified to receive IPv4
address delegations totaling a maximum of 512 (/23) from the APNIC 103/8
IPv4 address pool. The current
minimum delegation size for IPv4 is 256 (/24) addresses. It is as per
APNIC defined current minimum and
maximum IPv4 delegation policy.
Thus, this proposal permits account holders to use an additional /23 if
their total number of delegated
IPv4 addresses is fewer than 2,048 (less than /21).
Due to the increase in the maximum IPv4 delegation size from 512 (/23)
to 1024 (/23 + /23) address pool,
the number of IPv4 address resources will increase for new and existing
APNIC account holders with a
total number of delegated IPv4 addresses less than 2,048 (less than /21).
3. Situation in other regions
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Other RIR regions do not have a similar policy in place.
4. Proposed policy solution
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Current Policy text:
Since Thursday, 28 February 2019, each APNIC account holder is only
eligible to receive IPv4 address
delegations totaling a maximum /23 from the APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool.
Proposed Policy text:
New APNIC account holders are eligible to receive a maximum 1024 (/22)
from the APNIC available IPv4 address pool.
Current APNIC account holders with less than /21 total IPv4 resources,
are eligible to recieve an additional /23 IPv4 delegation and must be
requested.
Account holders with total IPv4 resources equal to and more than /21 are
not eligible for further IPv4 delegations.
This policy will be in effect till APNIC runs out of all IPv4 addresses.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
- This proposal allows for more IPv4 addresses to be received.
- This proposal increases the total number of IPv4 addresses that can be
made available to networks, developing
nations, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), etc.
Disadvantages:
- No disadvantages are foreseen.
6. Impact on resource holders
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It increases the maximum size of a delegated address block available to
some APNIC account holders who currently
have limited IPv4 resources.
NIR members will be affected in the same way as APNIC account holders.
7. References
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https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/resources#a_h_6_1
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