[AfriNIC-rpd] Last Call for Comments: Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional

[Scott Leibrand]

While we do need everyone to start supporting IPv6 as soon as  
possible, the requirement for dual-stack connectivity means there will  
be a continued need for IPv4 addresses, at least for transitional  
technologies, until almost everyone has transitioned to IPv6 and all  
IPv4 islands are using something like NAT-PT to talk to the IPv6  
Internet. That will take a few years past IANA exhaustion, at best,  
and may take a decade or more.

-Scott

On Jun 6, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I had  a 3rd item:
> 3) If we are so busy "evangelizing" about ipv6 - isnt it  
> contradictory that we are also planning to dish out ipv4s in  
> future?  Given the percieved beauty and functionality of ipv6  
> shouldnt we be talking of policy on how to "bury" rather than "re- 
> allocating" any v4 IPs are recovered?
>
> Sorry I came late into this and so my questions may seem abit out of  
> place but I need to be brought upto speed asap.
>
> regards,
> walu.
>
> --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Last Call for Comments: Global Policy  
>> Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional
>> To: "AfriNIC RPD ML" <rpd at afrinic.net>, vincent at kenic.or.ke
>> Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 10:27 PM
>> Vincent,
>>
>> I have no comments on the Policy other than seek to
>> understand some of the rational behind it such as:
>>
>> 1) If the RIR are the ones that recover the v4 IPs, what is
>> the rational of declaring the same to IANA and then
>> subsequently applying to get them back?  What value is
>> IANA adding - i seem not to get it. Initially I assumed that
>> IANA could be aggretating to get economical sizes for
>> subsequent reallocation but from the examples given in the
>> Policy that doesnt necessarily apply i.e. you surrender a
>> /24 and most likely get back a /24. Where the value here?
>>
>> 2) out of curiousity, what's magical about the March/Sept
>> cycle, I would have thought Jan/June is more conventional
>> i.e. financial/operational calender.
>>
>> walu.
>>
>> --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Vincent Ngundi <vincent at kenic.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Vincent Ngundi <vincent at kenic.or.ke>
>>> Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] Last Call for Comments: Global
>> Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to
>> Regional
>>> To: "AfriNIC RPD ML" <rpd at afrinic.net>
>>> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:08 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> Last Call for Comments: Global Policy Proposal for
>>> the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a reminder that the 15-day last call for
>> comments
>>> period for the above policy ends on Saturday the 6th
>> of June
>>> 2009.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4
>>> Blocks to Regional Internet Registries was approved
>> during
>>> the AfriNIC 10 Public Policy meeting held on the 21st
>> of May
>>> 2009.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can find the text of the policy proposal at:
>>>
>>> http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gb200903.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can find out more about the AfriNIC PDP at:
>>>
>>> http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-pdp200707.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vincent Ngundi
>>>
>>> Chair, AfriNIC PDP-MG
>>>
>>>
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