[AfrICANN-discuss] Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space – Background Report --- Global Policy Proposal for Autonomous System Numbers – Background Report

Fri Nov 30 13:37:12 SAST 2007

Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space – Background Report

29 November 2007

* Introduction *

The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject
of an MoU between ASO/NRO and
ICANN<http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou2004.html>.
There are also specific ICANN Board
Procedures<http://www.icann.org/general/review-procedures-pgp.html>for
handling global policy proposals in this context.

The Board procedures also state that the Board can request ICANN staff to
undertake an "early awareness" tracking of proposals for global policies
under development in the addressing community. At its meeting on 20 November
2007, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a
global policy proposal for allocation of remaining IPv4 address space,
currently being discussed in the Regional Internet Registries, or RIRs. The
status overview presented below is compiled in response to this request and
will be timely updated as developments proceed, for information to ICANN
entities and the wider community.

* Status Overview *

The table below indicates the current status within each RIR for the
foreseen Global Policy for remaining IPv4 address space. Hyperlinks are
included for easy access.

There are two concurrent versions of the Global Policy Proposal for
Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space in the Regional Internet
Registry System:

   - A version (1) "Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining
   IPv4 Address Space", first presented at LACNIC X in May 2007
   - A version (2) "End Policy for IANA IPv4 allocations to RIRs", first
   presented at APNIC 24 in September 2007

Both versions feature the same approach and propose to distribute an equal
number N of /8 IPv4 address blocks to each RIR when the IANA pool is
approaching exhaustion, but differ in the proposed value of N, notably 2 or
1, respectively (although originally with N proposed as 5 in the first
version). Due to their similarity, both versions are being discussed in
parallel in the RIRs and are regarded essentially as one proposal, with a
view to converging on a value for N.

The proposal will subsequently be handled by the NRO EC and the ASO AC
according to their procedures before being submitted to the ICANN Board.

It should be noted that other proposals have been put forward and are being
discussed regarding IPv4 address space exhaustion, although only the two
mentioned above have been scoped as global policy proposals in the sense of
the ASO MoU, i.e. focusing on address allocation from IANA to the RIRs.

  RIR

AfriNIC

APNIC

ARIN

LACNIC

RIPE

Topic Introduced

9 July 2007

afpol-asn200707 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000774.html>(1)

29 Aug 2007 proposal<https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000838.html>(2)

26 July 2007

prop-051-v001<http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/07/msg00006.html>(1)

8 August 2007 prop-046-v002<http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/08/msg00016.html>(2)

28 Aug 2007 prop
2007-18<http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008834.html>(1)

28 Aug 2007 prop
2007-23<http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008839.html>(2)

23 April 2007

LAC-2007-07<http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-April/012082.html>(1)

30 July 2007 prop
2007-06<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00552.html>(1)

15 Oct 2007

prop 2007-07<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00647.html>(2)

Discussion list

Resource Policy Discussion
List<https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd>

SIG-Policy <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/index.shtml>

Public Policy Mailing List<http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/index.html>

Politicas – Policy Mailing
List<http://www.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas>

Address Policy WG <http://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/address-policy-wg>

Public Forum

AfriNIC 7 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm>

23 - 28 Sept 2007 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm>

- Slides (1)<http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/27/AFRINIC7_DidierGlobalpolicy_for_the_allocation_of_the_remaining.pdf>

- Slides (2)<http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/27/AFRINIC7_Endpolicy_forIANA_ipv4allocation_to_rirs.pdf>

APNIC 24 29 Aug – 7 Sept 2007 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/index.html>

- Slides<http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/el-nakhal-prop-051.pdf>(1)

- Slides
<http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/okutani-prop-046.pdf>(2)

ARIN XX <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/index.html>

17-19 Oct 2007 <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/index.html>

- Slides<http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/PDF/wednesday/Gagliano-2007-18.pdf>(1)

- Slides <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_23.html> (2)

LACNIC X 22-25 May 2007 <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicx/>

- Slides <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/lac200707.pdf> (1)

RIPE 55 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html>

22 - 26 Oct 2007 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html>

- Podcast<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/podcast-files/address-policy2.mp3>(1+2)

Final Call for Comments

13 June - 28 July
2007<http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-June/012232.html>

Next Public Forum

AfriNIC 8 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/index.htm>

24 May - 6 June 2008 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/index.htm>

APNIC 25 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/>

25 - 29 Feb 2008 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/>

ARIN XXI <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/index.html>

6 - 9 April 2008 <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/index.html>

LACNIC XI <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/>

to be announced <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/>

RIPE 56 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/index.html>

5 - 9 May 2008 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/index.html>

RIR Board Endorsement

Awaiting Board ratification

Link to document

afpol-asn200707 <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gp200707.htm>(1)

afpol-v4ep200708 <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4ep200708.htm>(2)

Proposal-051-v001 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-051-v001.html>(1)

Proposal-046-v002 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-046-v002.html>(2)

Policy proposal 2007-18 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_18.html>(1)

2007-23 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_23.html> (2)

- English <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-en.pdf> (1)

- Spanish <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-sp.pdf> (1)

- Portuguese <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-pt.pdf> (1)

Policy proposal
2007-06<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-06.html>(1)

2007-07 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-07.html> (2)

Link to Policy Development Process

Policy Development Process <http://www.afrinic.net/pdp.htm>

Policy Development Process <http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/dev/index.html>

Internet Resource Policy Evaluation <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html>

Process <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html>

Policy Development Process <http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/desarrollo.html>

Policy Development Process <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/pdp.html>

Status

In discussion

In discussion

In discussion

Awaiting adoption

In discussion

* Global Policy Proposal for Autonomous System Numbers – Background Report*

* 29 November 2007*

* Introduction *

The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject
of an MoU between ASO/NRO and
ICANN<http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou2004.html>.
There are also specific ICANN Board
Procedures<http://www.icann.org/general/review-procedures-pgp.html>for
handling global policy proposals in this context.

The Board procedures also state that the Board can request ICANN staff to
undertake an "early awareness" tracking of proposals for global policies
under development in the addressing community. At its meeting on 20 November
2007, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a
global policy proposal for allocation of Autonomous System Numbers, or ASNs,
that is already well advanced towards adoption in the Regional Internet
Registries, or RIRs. The status overview presented below is compiled in
response to this request and will be timely updated as developments proceed,
for information to ICANN entities and the wider community.

* Status Overview *

The table below indicates the current status within each RIR for the
proposed Global Policy for ASNs. Hyperlinks are included for easy access.

The proposal was originally presented at the RIPE-54 meeting in March 2007,
inter alia to formalize the transition from 2-byte (16 bits) to 4-byte (32
bits) ASNs. The proposal has since been introduced in all RIRs, following
their respective policy development processes.

Once adopted by all RIRs, the proposal will subsequently be handled by the
NRO EC and the ASO AC according to their procedures before being submitted
to the ICANN Board for ratification.

  RIR

AfriNIC

APNIC

ARIN

LACNIC

RIPE

Topic Introduced

20 Aug 2007

afpol-asn200708 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000837.html>

23 July 2007

prop-049-v001<http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/07/msg00002.html>

28 Aug 2007 prop
2007-19<http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008835.html>

15 May 2007

LAC-2007-08 <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-en.pdf>

1 May 2007 prop 2007-4<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-04.html>

Discussion list

Resource Policy Discussion
List<https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd>

SIG-Policy <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/index.shtml>

Public Policy Mailing List<http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/index.html>

Politicas – Policy Mailing
List<http://www.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas>

Address Policy WG <http://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/address-policy-wg>

Public Forum

AfriNIC 7 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm>

23 - 28 Sept 2007 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm>

- Slides<http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/28/AFRINIC7_GlobalPolicyASN.pdf>

APNIC 24 29 Aug – 7 Sept 2007 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/index.html>

- Slides<http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/pawlik-prop-049.pdf>

ARIN XX <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XX/>

17-19 Oct 2007 <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XX/>

- Slides<http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/PDF/wednesday/2007-19_Pawlik.pdf>

LACNIC X 22-25 May 2007 <http://lacnic.net/en/eventos/lacnicx/>

- Slides <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/lac200708.ppt>

RIPE 54 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/>

7-11 May 2007 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/>

- Slides<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/presentations/Global_Policy.pdf>

Final Call for Comments

2 - 17 Oct 2007 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000890.html>

25 Sept – 23 Nov
2007<http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/09/msg00041.html>

23 Oct - 6 Nov 2007<http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-October/009610.html>

13 June - 28 July
2007<http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-June/012232.html>

17 July – 14 August
2007<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00541.html>

Next Public Forum (N/A - this stage is passed for all)

RIR Board Endorsement

Awaiting adoption by the Board

Awaiting endorsement by Executive Committee

Awaiting adoption by Board of Trustees

Awaiting Board ratification

Final adoption by consensus on 5 September
2007.<http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/policy-announce/2007/msg00032.html>

Link to document

Proposal afpol-asn200708<http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-asn200708.htm>

Proposal-049-v001 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-049-v001.html>

Policy proposal 2007-19 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_19.html>

- In English <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-en.pdf>

- In Spanish <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-sp.pdf>

- In Portuguese <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-pt.pdf>

Policy document RIPE-416 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-416.html>

Link to Policy Development Process

Policy Development Process <http://www.afrinic.net/pdp.htm>

Policy Development Process <http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/dev/index.html>

Internet Resource Policy Evaluation <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html>

Process <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html>

Policy Development Process <http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/desarrollo.html>

Policy Development Process <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/pdp.html>

Status

Awaiting adoption.

Adopted.
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