[policy-wg] AfriNIC policy: IPv6 for critical infrastructure

[Mark J Elkins]

Vincent Ngundi wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> * I agree with Jordi, exceptions should be made to organisations that run 
> critical services like TLD root servers (ccTLD managers for instance). These 
> organisations require a PI address space as this will enable them to have 
> more control over the address space they use.
>
> * Policy ratification should be done online. A system of determining whether a 
> majority of the community is in agreement should be established. Face-to-face 
> ratification has it's own drawbacks. For instance, if current policy bars an 
> organisation from getting Internet resources to perform certain crucial tests 
> and/or tasks or to provide critical Internet services, then that organisation 
> deserves to have a mechanism at their disposal through which they can propose 
> policies that can be ratfied within a reasonable period (reasonable in that 
> the period can even be included in a Project Plan if need be).
>
> * The idea is NOT to ease the process of assigning Internet resources, but to 
> reduce the effort in implementing Internet services and technologies. Rigid 
> policy formulation structures may contribute to the slow 
> implementation/deployment of new Internet technologies.
>
> * I also propose that these prefixes be assigned on a temporary basis (with a 
> defined testing period) but with the option of retaining them based on some 
> defined RIR criteria.
>   
Do we have consensus about providing PI to critical infrastructure yet?
I'll be at the meeting in Mauritius. That meeting seems to have great 
focus on IPV6.
(Which is Great!!!)

I want to potentially apply for some private IPV6 numbering for UniForum 
S.A. - the "co.za" registry system. The COZA system peers with multiple 
ISP's at JINX and uses multiple people for Transit - so can not afford 
to be locked to a single provider and would prefer to have its own 
allocation. Its the largest domain registry in the AfriNIC region 
(almost 270000 domains). Part of the validation for a new domain is that 
each nameserver is queried to check that all nameservers are 
authoritative - so until there is native IPV6 - we can't register any 
domain that contains a nameserver that maps to an IPV6 address.

UniForum SA currently has 206.223.136/24 - which was allocated out of a 
pool for critical resources. We now directly pay AfriNIC yearly for this 
address space.

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