Dear SIG members,
A new version of the proposal "prop-147: Historical Resources Management"
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-147
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Anupam
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-147-v004: Historical Resources Management
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Proposer: Jordi Palet Martinez ([email protected])
1. Problem statement
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Section 4.2.1 is outdated and only looking for very old non-routed
resources.
The recent EC resolution (22nd February 2022), imply that historical
resource holders in the APNIC region would need to become Members or
Non-Members by 1st January 2023 in order to continue to receive
registration services. Failing this, historical resource registration
will no longer be published in the APNIC Whois Database and said
resources will be placed into reserved status.
Per current policies, all current and historical resources that are
marked as reserved are automatically added to the AS0.
Given the continued need for IPv4 addresses, it would seem illogical to
keep these unused historical resources in reserve indefinitely.
Alternatively, these resources can be used in a way that is sufficiently
justified in accordance with existing policies, allowing other
organizations to benefit from them during the IPv6 transition.
2. Objective of policy change
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Ensure that historical IPv4 resources are justified and claimed, or that
they are available for other organizations that require them.
If the resources are marked as reserved, the original holders may
reclaim them with a valid justification, when APNIC failed to contact
them for whatever reason.
One example of a valid justification is the case where an organization
is actually using them internally and there are valid reasons to instead
use RFC1918 space, however the space is not routed.
To give the original resource holders more time to reclaim them, and
ensure that APNIC has no challenges in finalizing the work, we propose a
time-frame of 12 months.
3. Situation in other regions
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In several of the other RIRs legacy resources lose their legacy status
when the RSA is signed (upon receiving other resources), so they become
under the regular monitoring. In other cases, there is nothing specified
by policies.
4. Proposed policy solution
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Actual text: (to be removed)
4.2.1. Recovery of unused historical resources
To recover these globally un-routed resources and place them back in the
free pool for re-delegation, APNIC will contact networks responsible for
historical address space in the APNIC region that has not been globally
routed since 1 January 1998. To recover un-routed historical AS numbers,
APNIC will contact networks responsible for resources not globally used
for a reasonable period of time.
Proposed text:
4.3. Claiming and re-delegating historical resources
Historical resources that are no longer published in the APNIC Whois
Database and are placed in reserved status because of EC resolution
2021-09 of 22 February 2021
(https://www.apnic.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FINAL_merged_EC_meeting_minutes20210222_0304_public_final.pdf),
can be claimed by the custodians within 12 months of the date they were
marked as reserved.
After 12 months, these resources will be placed in the free pool for
re-delegation.
Any historical resources marked as reserved and/or reclaimed by APNIC
due to account closures will lose their “historical” status and become
“current” resources for re-delegation.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
Fulfilling the objective above indicated by allowing further 12 months
for reclaiming the historical resources.
Returning resources to RIR for reallocation providing additional number
of IPv4 resources to be allocated in the future.
Disadvantages:
None.
6. Impact on resource holders
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None.
7. References
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None.
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