Re: [sig-policy] prop-050-v002: IPv4 address transfers
Geoff,
A small point on wording and a couple of questions.
[...]
APNIC will process IPv4 address transfer requests following the
adoption of this proposed policy, subject to the following conditions:
Conditions on the IPv4 address block:
- Only IPv4 address blocks equal to, or larger than, a /24 prefix
may be transferred.
I think it would be clearer to refer to prefix length or block size
but not both.
- The address block must be in the range of addresses administered
by APNIC, either as part of a /8 address block assigned by the
IANA to APNIC, or as part of a historically-assigned address
block now administered by APNIC.
- The address block must be allocated or assigned to a current
APNIC account holder.
In a message about version 1 of this proposal you stated that you
worked "on the principle that what is written in the proposal would be
adopted if the policy was to be adopted and what is not written in the
proposal would not change if the policy was not to be adopted".
I'd like to clarify what I think the proposal states as I am not sure
if I understand the meaning correctly. As I understand it, APNIC
membership is open globally without conditions and members have full
access to all services[1]. Am I right in reading your proposal to mean
that any organisation anywhere in the world could take advantage of
this policy and become the recipient of a transfer (if adopted) as
long as they take up APNIC membership?
[...]
- The source entity will be ineligible to receive any further IPv4
address allocations or assignments from APNIC for a period of 24
months after the transfer.
The meaning of this paragraph depends on whether address transfers go
directly from member to member or go via APNIC. I am not sure which is
the case but if transfers are direct and do not go via APNIC it would
seem that an APNIC member that transferred resources away could go on
to receive additional resources from another member but not from APNIC
within 24 months. Could you please clarify whether transfers need to
go via APNIC?
Regards,
Leo
[1] http://www.nro.net/documents/nro46.html#1-2