[sig-policy] New Proposal prop-137-v001: IPv6 assignment for associate members
Dear SIG members,
The proposal "prop-137-v001: IPv6 assignment for associate members"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 52
on Thursday, 16 September 2021.
https://conference.apnic.net/52/program/schedule/#/day/4
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 and also available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-137
Regards,
Bertrand and Ching-Heng
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-137-v001: IPv6 assignment for associate members
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Proposer: Aftab Siddiqui (aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com)
1. Problem statement
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The first tier of membership in APNIC is "Associate". As per APNIC-121
Section 2.1 and 2.2, the Associate members do not receive any address
space (IPv4 or IPv6). In order to be eligible for IPv6 assignment APNIC
Members that have been delegated an IPv4 address block from APNIC, but
have no IPv6 space, instantly qualify for an appropriately sized IPv6
block without any restriction. If you have no IPv4 delegation and only
requesting IPv6 assignment then as per APNIC-127 section 10.1.4
"Requests for Provider Independent assignments must include a detailed
plan of intended usage of the proposed address block over at least the
12 months following the allocation". The minimum size of the assignment
is a /48 and requires annual fees of AUD 1,180 as per HD ratio.
In the IPv4 exhaustion world, this policy limits anyone who wants to
only use IPv6 provider independent assignment for personal use as it
doesn't incentivise IPv6 assignment only. The same fees and
justification is applied to receive /24 IPv4 + /48 IPv6 address space.
This is perceived as a clear barrier to deploy IPv6. This policy
proposal addresses that barrier aims to solve this problem by means of
providing a Provider Independent assignment to Associate members.
2. Objective of policy change
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Provide an incentive to small enterprises and academia/researchers to
receive IPv6 assignment.
3. Situation in other regions
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RIPE NCC: IPv6 PI can be sponsored by an LIR (EUR 50/yr)
ARIN: As an end-user IPv6 only can be requested following certain criteria
AFRINIC: Must not be an LIR
LACNIC: Not been an LIR or ISP, submit addressing plans for at least a year
https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/RIR-Comparative-Policy-Overview-2021-Q2.pdf
Section 3.4.3 - END USERS
4. Proposed policy solution
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Remove APNIC-114 "APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and assignment
requests" requirement for initial IPv6 provider independent assignment
as per APNIC-127 Section 10.1.4.
Use the same "Go IPv6" criteria and enable "Get IPv6 Addresses Now"
options for Associate members with the restrictions that the Provider
Independent assignment cannot be further assigned to other organisations.
The Associate member MUST agree to use and announce the IPv6 provider
independent address space within twelve (12) months. After that period,
if not announced or APNIC host masters believe that it is not in use
then the assigned IPv6 address space should be reclaimed and returned to
the free pool.
Note: This is outside the scope of the policy proposal, therefore
requesting APNIC EC to consider that only Associate membership fees
should be applied to initial IPv6 provider independent assignment of /48
only.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
This will give incentive to those small enterprises and academics
willing to use their own IPv6 addresses but not in a position to be a
very small tier member.
Disadvantages:
- This might slightly increase over head for host masters.
- The possible effect of this proposal is the growth of the global
routing table
6. Impact on resource holders
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No impact on existing resource holders.
7. References
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None.