Hello Chairs I have prepared an email for the mailing list regarding the outcome of prop-116. I have set the comment period to end at Wednesday, 18 October 2017. So please send it by Wednesday of this week. Or you can change the end date to whatever you want. The PDP says the Comment Period should be no less than 4 weeks, but can be as long as 8 weeks. Regards, Adam and George -- ###DRAFT### Dear colleagues A revised version "prop-116-v006: Prohibit to transfer IPv4 addresses in the final /8 block" reached consensus at the APNIC 44 Policy SIG and then later at the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM). Synopsis: --------- The proposed policy solution reaching consensus is: Prohibit transfer IPv4 addresses under final /8 address block (103/8) which have not passed five years after its allocation/assignment. If the address block allocated to a LIR in five years is not needed any more, it must return to APNIC to allocate to another organization using final /8 policy. This five years requirement will apply both market and M&A transfers. This proposal will now move to the next step in the APNIC Policy Development Process and is being returned to the Policy SIG mailing list for the final Comment Period. - Deadline for comments: 23:59 (UTC +10) Wednesday, 18 October 2017 Proposal details, including the full text of the proposal, history, and links to previous versions are available at: https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/prop-116/ Regards Sumon, Bertrand, Ching-Heng Policy SIG Chairs ------------------------------------------------------- prop-116-v006: Prohibit to transfer IPv4 addresses in the final /8 block ------------------------------------------------------- Proposer: Tomohiro Fujisaki fujisaki@syce.net 1. Problem statement -------------------- There are a lot of transfers of IPv4 address blocks from 103/8 happening, both within the APNIC region and among RIRs. Then number of transfers from 103/8 block are 352, which is about 14% of the total number of transfers as of 10 Septermber 2017. This is the highest number of transfers in all APNIC managed /8s. And based on the information provided by APNIC Secretariat, number of transfers from the 103/8 block are increasing year by year. Updated by APNIC Secretariat on 27 January 2017: 1) M&A transfers containing 103/8 space +------+-----------+-----------+- | | Total | Number of | | Year | Transfers | /24s | +------+-----------+-----------+- | 2011 | 3 | 12 | | 2012 | 10 | 46 | | 2013 | 18 | 66 | | 2014 | 126 | 498 | | 2015 | 147 | 573 | | 2016 | 63 | 239 | | 2017 | 45 | 178 | +------+-----------+------------+- 2) Market transfers containing 103/8 space +------+-----------+-----------+ | | Total | Number of | | Year | Transfers | /24s | +------+-----------+-----------+ | 2011 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 21 | 68 | | 2013 | 16 | 61 | | 2014 | 25 | 95 | | 2015 | 67 | 266 | | 2016 | 103 | 394 | | 2017 | 70 | 288 | +------+-----------+-----------+ And also, transfers from the 103/8 block include: - Take place within 1 year of distribution, or - Multiple blocks to a single organization in case of beyond 1 year. Further, there is a case where a single organization have received 12 blocks transfers from 103 range. see: https://www.apnic.net/transfer-resources/transfer-logs From these figures, it is quite likely that substantial number of 103/8 blocks are being used for transfer purpose. This conflicts with the concept of distribution of 103/8 block (prop-062), which is intended to accommodate minimum IPv4 address blocks for new comers. prop-062: Use of final /8 https://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-062 2. Objective of policy change ----------------------------- When stated problem is solved, distribution from 103/8 block will be consistent with its original purpose, for distribution for new entrants to the industry. Without the policy change, substantial portion of 103/8 blocks will be consumed for transfer purpose. 3. Situation in other regions ----------------------------- "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" says: 2.2 Transfer Restrictions Scarce resources, which are understood as those resources that are allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC on a restricted basis (such as IPv4 or 16-bit ASNs), cannot be transferred for 24 months from the date the resource was received by the resource holder. This restriction also applies if the resource was received due to a change in the organisation����s business (such as a merger or acquisition). 4. Proposed policy solution --------------------------- Prohibit transfer IPv4 addresses under final /8 address block (103/8) which have not passed five years after its allocation/assignment. If the address block allocated to a LIR in five years is not needed any more, it must return to APNIC to allocate to another organization using final /8 policy. This five years requirement will apply both market and M&A transfers. 5. Advantages / Disadvantages ----------------------------- Advantages: - It makes 103/8 blocks available according to the original purpose, as distribution for new entrants (rather than being consumed for transfer purpose) - IPv4 addresses under final /8 are not transferred to outside APNIC. - By prohibiting transfer, them, it is possible to keep one /22 for each LIRs state, which is fair for all LIRs. Disadvantages: None. 6. Impact on resource holders ------------------------------ - LIRs cannot transfer address blocks under 103/8. No big impact while they use it. - Organizations which needs to receive transferred IPv4 can continue to do so, outside 103/8 blocks (which should be made available for new entrants) 7. References ------------- RIPE Resource Transfer Policies http://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/transfer-policies _______________________________________________ Sig-policy-chair mailing list Sig-policy-chair@apnic.net https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy-chair