Dear SIG members,
A new proposal "prop-158-v001: IPv6 auto-allocation for each IPv4 request"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 57 on
Thursday, 29 February 2024.
https://2024.apricot.net/program/program/#/day/9/
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-158
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Anupam
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-158-v001: IPv6 auto-allocation for each IPv4 request
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Proposers: David Aditya Yoga Pratama ([email protected])
M. Andri Setiawan ([email protected])
1. Problem statement
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Based on this
https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/ipv4-exhaustion/#how-much-apnic-has,
APNIC still has around 2,539,776 available IPv4 addresses and may
claimed another 2,479,360 reserved IPv4 addresses.
APNIC member still can get /24 of IPv4 addresses based on the current
APNIC policy.
Most of the new IPv4 requestors are not allocated or requesting IPv6
even though they are eligible to do so.
The rates of IPv4 allocation is faster than IPv6 allocation and it may
keep slow the deployment of IPv6.
APNIC associate member can get IPv6 without additional cost
(proposal-155), so APNIC member should be able to do the same when they
request IPv4 address.
2. Objective of policy change
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Allocate IPv6 addresses to each IPv4 addresses requests to speed up the
IPv6 adoption and deployment rates.
3. Situation in other regions
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AFRINIC - No such policy
ARIN - No such policy and it has no available address space to be offered
RIPE NCC - No such policy and it has no available address space to be
offered
LACNIC - IPv6 allocation request is used as “requirements” for any IPv4
request as mentioned in their policy point 2.3.3.1 - 2.3.3.4 and 2.3.4.
“The applicant must already have at least one IPv6 block assigned by
LACNIC or, if not, must simultaneously request an initial IPv6 block in
accordance with the corresponding applicable policy. (If an applicant
has already been assigned an IPv6 block, they shall submit to LACNIC a
brief document describing their progress in the implementation of IPv6.)”
4. Proposed policy solution
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Add this to Section "6.1. Minimum and maximum IPv4 delegations" of the
APNIC Policy document.
For all new and initial IPv4 delegation requests, APNIC and NIR will
automatically delegates IPv6 address, matching the IPv6 policy in
Section 8.2.1 (i.e allocation or assignment).
Automatically delegated IPv6 address should be put into deployment
within two years from the date of the delegation, same as Point 3 in
Section 8.2.2.
For any subsequent IPv4 requests, APNIC and NIR account holder should be
able to demonstrate the deployment status of the automatically delegated
IPv6 address space. APNIC and NIR may verify these details with the
publicly available routing/BGP data and any other sourceses.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
-Maintain the consistency mapping between IPv4 and IPv6 allocation.
-Speed up the adoption of IPv6 addresses.
Disadvantages:
-The allocated IPv6 may not be deployed by the LIRs on time.
-Change on the resources allocation system at APNIC.
6. Impact on resource holders
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No Impact on resource holders.
Impact on APNIC:
- Change the allocation system at APNIC to automatically allocate IPv6
without any options to select IPv4 address, IPv6 address or both.
- It may change the pricing scheme without considering IPv6 address
allocation when member request both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
7. References
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