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                        Dear SIG members

A new version of the proposal “prop-113: Modification in the IPv4 
eligibility criteria" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.

Information about earlier versions is available from:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-113

You are encouraged to express your views on the proposal:

 - Do you support or oppose the proposal?
 - Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
 - What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?

Please find the text of the proposal below.

Kind Regards,

Masato

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prop-113-v002: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria
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Proposer:       Aftab Siddiqui
                      aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com

                      Skeeve Stevens
                      skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com

1. Problem statement
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    The current APNIC IPv4 delegation policy defines multiple
    eligibility criteria and applicants must meet one criteria to be
    eligible to receive IPv4 resources. One of the criteria dictates
    that “an organization is eligible if it is currently multi-homed
    with provider-based addresses, or demonstrates a plan to multi-home
    within one month” (section 3.3).

    The policy seems to imply that multi-homing is mandatory even if
    there is no use case for the applicant to be multi-homed or even
    when there is only one upstream provider available, this has created
    much confusion in interpreting this policy.

    As a result organizations have either tempted to provide incorrect
    or fabricated multi-homing information to get the IPv4 resources or
    barred themselves from applying.

2. Objective of policy change
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    In order to make the policy guidelines simpler we are proposing to
    modify the text of section 3.3.

3. Situation in other regions
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ARIN:
    There is no multi-homing requirement

RIPE:
    There is no multi-homing requirement.

LACNIC:
    Applicant can either have multi-homing requirement or interconnect.

AFRINIC:
    There is no multi-homing requirement.

4. Proposed policy solution
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    Section 3.3: Criteria for small delegations

    An organization is eligible if:

    - it is currently multi-homed 

    OR,

    - currently utilising provider (ISP) assignment of at least a /24,

    AND 

    - intends to be multi-homed 

    OR,

    - intends to be multi-homed

    AND

    - advertise the prefixes within 6 months

5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:

    Simplifies the process of applying for IPv4 address space for small
    delegations and delays the immediate requirement for multi-homing as
    determined to be appropriate within the timeframe as detailed in
    Section 3.3.

Disadvantages:

    There is no known disadvantage of this proposal.

6. Impact on resource holders
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    No impact on existing resource holders.

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