Re: [sig-policy] prop-105-v001: Distribution of returned IPv4 address bl
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> Modify prop-088 to distribute non-103 IPv4 address blocks to APNIC
> account holders who meet the IPv4 distribution criteria define in APNIC
> policies.
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> If APNIC account holder, who was allocated an /22 from final /8 pool,
> needs an additional IPv4 address block, they are eligible to receive
> another distribution of IPv4 block.
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> The same policy as the final /8 policy will be appied in terms of the
> criteria and the size of the distribution given the requestor has
> utilized a total of /22 block from 103/8.
Does this mean that every LIR who had consumed their /22 received under the final /8 policy would be eligible to receive another /22 from whatever tidbit is allocated to APNIC by IANA?
Would this be on a first-in, first-served basis? If there are not enough /22s in the address space received from IANA for a /22 per APNIC member, how would APNIC decide who's first in line? If the space received from IANA is large enough to have anything left over after a /22 per APNIC member, what happens to the rest?
I tend to agree with Dean; unless we're talking about significant numbers of addresses flowing into the APNIC pool from IANA, this does seem to be largely academic.
> 5. Pros/Cons
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> Advantages: Able to utilize non-103/8 address pool in APNIC for
> immediate distribution, instead of keeping as a reserve, in addition to
> 103/8.
I note (somewhat tongue in cheek) that NOT passing prop-105 could help to ensure that the problem described in prop-106 does not fully deplete APNIC's last v4 resources.
-Mike