[afrinic-resource-policy-discuss] Fwd: afrinic ipv6 PI policy

[Alan Levin]

Hi,

Did the list receive this email? Adiel or Ernest please advise?

thanks,

Alan

On 20 Feb 2007, at 12:20 PM, Alan Levin wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This email is to appeal for an interim resolution/allocation of  
> IPv6 PI space. (I pasted below the first email on this sent over 2  
> years ago).
>
> Having sat in the policy deliberations on this matter in Maputo,  
> Cairo and Nairobi, and hearing at each of those meetings how a  
> Domain Name registry would like to empower its community by  
> offering IPv6 capability, I am surprised at the current state of  
> this process and recent events.
>
> Every time that the PI policy on IPv6 has been discussed everyone  
> had agreed that the allocation should be at least /48. Whilst some  
> have debated for /32's because of concerns with global routing  
> tables we've all agreed that a /48 can be delegated asap.  Policy  
> WG chair... this is an urgent appeal for relaxation (ie enable the  
> consensus that a /48 can be immediately allocated).  What seem to  
> be unnecessary delays in promulgating this policy, are now  
> seriously hampering our country from embracing IPv6.
>
> Please, even if we don't yet have agreement on this policy, either  
> you must give the allocation (as has been turned down as the  
> registry which provides critical infrastructure does not wish - or  
> need to - become an LIR) or the registry needs to turn to private  
> individuals to obtain an allocation. Doesn't make sense to me?
>
> Please help!
>
> regards,
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Ernest Byaruhanga" <ernest at afrinic.org>
>> Date: 17 March 2004 10:00:42 AM
>> To: "Alan Barrett" <apb at cequrux.com>, <mouhamet at next.sn>
>> Cc: "Adiel AKPLOGAN" <adiel at akplogan.net>, <gregm at datapro.co.za>,  
>> "Alan Levin" <alan at futureperfect.co.za>, <ygrar at gecos.net>
>> Subject: {Spam?} afrinic ipv6 policy
>> Reply-To: "Ernest Byaruhanga" <ernest at afrinic.org>
>>
>> Hi Mouhamet & Allan,
>>
>> IPv4 and ASN policies have been posted on the policy-wg. They have  
>> received a
>> lot of comments especially from the RIRs (on different lists  
>> though :-) ).
>>
>> We now need to post the Ipv6 draft, and i suggest we go with the  
>> one in use by
>> all RIR's for a start, available at
>> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6policy.html
>>
>> Of course some editing to replace "RIPE NCC" with AfriNIC, etc..  
>> will need to be
>> done.
>>
>> If the policies and guidelines in the document look ok for you, i  
>> can go ahead!!
>>
>> P.S. We still have no chair for the WG :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>      ---
>>      Ernest M. Byaruhanga,
>>      AfriNIC, Technical Operations.
>>      http://www.afrinic.net
>>
>>
>
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