Dear SIG members The proposal "prop-120: Final /8 pool exhaustion plan" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review. It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 44 which will be held in Taichung, Taiwan on Wednesday and Thursday, 14 & 15 September 2017. We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list before the meeting. The comment period on the mailing list before an APNIC meeting is an important part of the policy development process. We encourage you to express your views on the proposal: - Do you support or oppose this proposal? - 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 available at: http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-120 Regards Sumon, Bertrand, Ching-Heng APNIC Policy SIG Chairs ------------------------------------------------------- prop-120-v001: Final /8 pool exhaustion plan ------------------------------------------------------- Proposer: Tomohiro Fujisaki fujisaki@syce.net 1. Problem statement -------------------- APNIC makes IPv4 address delegation from two IPv4 pools. These are the 103/8 (Final /8) pool and the non-103/8 IPv4 Recovered pool. Currently, there are no IPv4 addresses in the non-103/8 IPv4 Recovered pool and APNIC manages a Recovered Pool Waiting List for approved requests. And, based on the Geoff's projection (*1), the 103/8 (Final /8) pool will be exhausted in a few years. It will be necessary to make a guidance about how to manage the IPv4 delegation after both IPv4 pools exhaustion. 2. Objective of policy change ----------------------------- To provide a guidance for 103/8 pool exhaustion. 3. Situation in other regions ----------------------------- None. 4. Proposed policy solution --------------------------- Guidance for 103/8 pool exhaustion: - The first time an approved request cannot be fulfilled from the 103/8 pool, Final /8 delegations will end. - APNIC will begin to manage only one (Recovered) IPv4 pool containing any residual 103/8 space and all future returns, including 103/8 returns. - Each new account holder can receive up to a /21 from the IPv4 Recovered pool. - Existing account holders who have not yet received the maximum /21 from the two pools may continue to apply for space from the Recovered pool until they have received a maximum /21 from the two pools. - A waiting list will be created if approved requests cannot be fulfilled. Each new account holder will be given priority in the waiting list. 5. Advantages / Disadvantages ----------------------------- Advantages: - Possible to avoid confusion at 103/8 address pool exhaustion date Disadvantages: None. 6. Impact on resource holders ------------------------------ No impact to resource holders. 7. References ------------- 1. IPv4 Address Report http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/ _______________________________________________ Sig-policy-chair mailing list Sig-policy-chair@apnic.net https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy-chair