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

Didier R Kasole didier at jobantech.cd
Wed Mar 7 22:42:24 UTC 2007


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Didier
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Levin" <alan at futureperfect.co.za>
To: "Resource Policy Discussion List" <rpd at afrinic.net>
Cc: "Afrinic Policy Working Group" <policy-wg at afrinic.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [afrinic-resource-policy-discuss] Fwd: afrinic ipv6 PI policy


> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Alan Levin
>> Tel: +27 21 409-7997
>>
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