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                        Dear SIG members,
A new version of the proposal "prop-147: Historical Resources Management"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 55 on
Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
https://conference.apnic.net/55/program/schedule/#/day/10
We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list
before the OPM.
The comment period on the mailing list before the OPM is an important
part of the Policy Development Process (PDP). We encourage you to
express your views on the proposal:
- Do you support or oppose this proposal?
   - Does this proposal solve a problem you are experiencing? If so,
     tell the community about your situation.
   - 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 appended below as well as available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-147
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Anupam
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-147-v003: Historical Resources Management
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Proposer: Jordi Palet Martinez (jordi.palet@theipv6company.com)
1. Problem statement
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Section 4.2.1 is outdated and only looking for very old non-routed 
resources.
The recent EC resolution (22nd February 2022), imply that historical 
resource holders in the APNIC region would need to become Members or 
Non-Members by 1st January 2023 in order to continue to receive 
registration services. Failing this, historical resource registration 
will no longer be published in the APNIC Whois Database and said 
resources will be placed into reserved status.
Per current policies, all current and historical resources that are 
marked as reserved are automatically added to the AS0.
Given the continued need for IPv4 addresses, it would seem illogical to 
keep these unused historical resources in reserve indefinitely. 
Alternatively, these resources can be used in a way that is sufficiently 
justified in accordance with existing policies, allowing other 
organizations to benefit from them during the IPv6 transition.
2. Objective of policy change
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Ensure that historical IPv4 resources are justified and claimed, or that 
they are available for other organizations that require them.
If the resources are marked as reserved, the original holders may 
reclaim them with a valid justification, when APNIC failed to contact 
them for whatever reason.
One example of a valid justification is the case where an organization 
is actually using them internally and there are valid reasons to instead 
use RFC1918 space, however the space is not routed.
To give the original resource holders more time to reclaim them, and 
ensure that APNIC has no challenges in finalizing the work, we propose a 
time-frame of 12 months.
3. Situation in other regions
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In other RIRs legacy resources lose their legacy status when the RSA is 
signed (upon receiving other resources), so they become under the 
regular monitoring. In other cases, there is nothing specified by policies.
4. Proposed policy solution
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REMOVE:
4.2.1. Recovery of unused historical resources
To recover these globally un-routed resources and place them back in the 
free pool for re-delegation, APNIC will contact networks responsible for 
historical address space in the APNIC region that has not been globally 
routed since 1 January 1998. To recover un-routed historical AS numbers, 
APNIC will contact networks responsible for resources not globally used 
for a reasonable period of time.
ADD:
4.3. Historical Resources Management
a) Historical resources currently marked as reserved.
The custodians can claim historical resources that have been marked as 
reserved within 12 months of the date they were marked as reserved. 
After 12 months, these resources will be placed in the free pool for 
re-delegation.
If the resources are no longer required and are returned to APNIC, they 
can’t be reclaimed.
b) Routed and Unrouted historical resources.
When APNIC deregisters an unclaimed historical resource, it is marked as 
reserved. The custodians will be given another 12 months to claim their 
resources. If the resources haven’t been claimed after 12 months, they 
will be placed in the free pool for re-delegation.
c) Account closures.
Any historical resources marked as reserved and/or reclaimed by APNIC 
due to account closures will lose their “historical” status and become 
“current” resources for re-delegation.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
Fulfilling the objective above indicated by allowing further 12 months 
for reclaiming the historical resources.
Returning resources to RIR for reallocation providing additional number 
of IPv4 resources to be allocated in the future.
Disadvantages:
None.
6. Impact on resource holders
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None.
7. References
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None.

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