[AusNOG] Upcoming APNIC policy implementations

[Elly Tawhai]

Hi AUSNOG Community,

On 10 February 2009, APNIC will implement three policy proposals that
reached consensus during APNIC 28 in Beijing, China in August
2009. The APNIC Executive Council (EC) endorsed the proposals during
their November 2009 meeting. The three policy changes are:

      - Removing policy restrictions on the transfer of registration of
        IPv4 address allocations and IPv4 portable address assignments
        between current APNIC account holders.

        This change aims to ensure that the APNIC registry reflects
        the true status of IPv4 resource holdings, reducing risks to the
        routing and addressing infrastructure integrity of the network
        and providing a stronger incentive for unused IPv4 address space
        to return to active use during the IPv6 transition.


      - Providing alternative simplified criteria that allows a Member
        with existing IPv4 space to qualify for an appropriately sized
        IPv6 block under the matching IPv6 policy and request that
        IPv6 block through a simple online form.

        This change aims to encourage greater uptake of IPv6 addresses
        amongst APNIC Members who have IPv4 space.


      - Adding the ability to recover unused historical AS numbers for
        eventual reassignment to other APNIC account holders.

        This change aims to release unused AS numbers back into the
        unassigned pool.


To view the history of these policy proposals, see:

        prop-050: IPv4 address transfers
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-050

        prop-073: Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC
                  members with existing IPv4 addresses
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-073

        prop-075: Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-075


APNIC policies are developed by the Membership and broader Internet
community. It's easy to participate in APNIC policy development. If
you can't attend APNIC meetings, you can join the discussions online
via the Policy SIG mailing list. To join, go to:

    http://www.apnic.net/community/participate/join-discussions

Kind regards,
Elly
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Elly Tawhai                               email:          elly at apnic.net
Senior Internet Resource Analyst/         sip:       elly at voip.apnic.net
Liaison Officer(Pacific), APNIC           phone:         +61 7 3858 3188
http://www.apnic.net                      fax:           +61 7 3858 3199

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