Dear SIG Members,
Please find below the Secretariat impact assessment for prop-170:
Nibble-Boundary Alignment for IPv6 Allocations
Dave Phelan
Policy Manager and Senior Network Analyst
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1. APNIC’s Understanding of the Proposed Policy
APNIC understands this proposal as introducing a conditional mechanism for IPv6
allocations to be aligned on nibble boundaries where the applicant requests
this and the need has been validated under existing needs-based assessment.
The proposal does not change the current /32 minimum IPv6 allocation, does not
apply to IPv6 assignments, and does not require existing resource holders to
renumber, return, or resize existing allocations unless the expansion of an
existing allocation can not be met due to overlapping allocations.
2. Impact of Proposed Policy on Registry and Addressing System
Registry systems and internal tools may need to support allocation outcomes
that align with nibble boundaries, while preserving the existing needs-based
assessment model.
3. Impact of Proposed Policy on APNIC Operation/Services
Internal guidance documentation will need to be updated to reflect allocation
outcomes that align with nibble boundaries, while preserving the existing
needs-based assessment model
4. Legal Impact of Policy
No material legal issues identified
5. Implementation
If this policy was to reach consensus the policy proposal will require changes
to APNIC-127.
APNIC secretariat would suggest that the definitions listed in the proposal be
moved to section 2 in-line with other document definitions.
Internal guidance and assessment processes would require updating.
If prop-170 and prop-164 both reached consensus, drafting revisions would be
required to ensure the policies do not conflict.Implementation would be
approximately 6 months subject to call for editorial comments.
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