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Dear colleagues

The APNIC Secretariat has now implemented the following policy proposals:

prop-053: Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22

- The minimum allocation size has been reduced to /22 - Two of the criteria for an initial allocation have been updated to show: - An LIR must have used a /24 from their upstream provider or demonstrate an immediate need for a /24 - An LIR must demonstrate a detailed plan for use of a /23 within a year

prop-054: NIR operational policy document revision

- The document now includes a reference to ip6.arpa - The reverse DNS processes have been updated - The appendix has been removed

prop-057: Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria

- Current LIRs with an existing IPv4 allocation from APNIC or an NIR can now justify an IPv6 initial allocation without documenting a plan for making 200 assignments

The comment period for the draft documents incorporating these policies has ended. The updated documents are now officially active:

Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy.html

IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-address-policy.html

APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and assignment requests http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-guidelines.html

Operational policies for National Internet Registries in the APNIC region http://www.apnic.net/policy/operational-policies-nirs.html

For more information on the history of the policy proposals, see:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals

Regards _____________________________________________________________________ Samantha Dickinson email: sam@apnic.net Policy Development Manager, APNIC sip: sam@voip.apnic.net http://www.apnic.net phone: +61 7 3858 3100