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prop-069: Global policy proposal for the allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries _______________________________________________________________________

Dear SIG members

Below is a summary of discussions on the proposal to date. We encourage you to continue discussions on the mailing list before Thursday's Policy SIG.

Regards,

Randy and Jian

Proposal summary ----------------

This is a global policy proposal governing the allocation of reclaimed IPv4 address space from IANA to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) after IANA's existing free pool of unallocated IPv4 address space is depleted.

This proposal is being submitted in all RIR regions with a view to it becoming a global policy.

Discussion statistics ---------------------

Version 1 posted to Policy SIG mailing list: 23 Jan 2009

Version 2 posted to Policy SIG mailing list: 3 Feb 2009

Number of posts since proposal first posted: 2

Number of people participating in discussions: 2

Summary of discussion to date -----------------------------

- It was asked how the proposed policy would affect functions associated with IP addresses, such as reverse DNS delegations and whois maintenance.

- It was suggested that a similar policy proposal might be useful for LIR and NIR returns of space.

Full details of the proposal, including links to previous discussions, can be found at:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-069-v002.html

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