[AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Draft Policy Proposal: No Reverse Unless Assigned ID: AFPUB-2012-DNS-001-DRAFT-01

[Graham Beneke]

Hi McTim

On 18/04/2012 12:36, McTim wrote:
> AFPUB-2012-DNS-001-DRAFT-01

I like this policy and I would support it.

I see no one else has commented on it yet.

Graham

>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, McTim<dogwallah at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> This second policy proposal is clearly a "strawman" that I hope
>> will get us talking about the very real issue it addresses.
>>
>> While I understand that it has very little chance of gaining
>> consensus, I am hoping it will spur discussion and perhaps
>> someone will have a better idea about how to encourage the
>> registration of assignments.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------[Proposal Header]-----------------------
>>
>> Unique identifier (assigned by AfriNIC):
>> Draft Policy Name: No Reverse Unless Assigned
>> Author(s)
>> (a) Author1. McTim | mctim at isc.org | Internet Systems
>> Consortium/PDWG co-chair
>>
>> Draft Policy Version
>> Submission Date  April 10 2012
>> Related Policies (where applicable)
>> Obsoletes
>> Amends AFPUB-2005-v4-001
>> ------------------------[Proposal Header]-----------------------
>>
>> [1] Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal
>>
>>
>> The purpose of a Public Network Information Database such as the AfriNIC
>> Database is so that contact information about public networks is made public
>> by registering assignments as they are made in the database.   It is
>> the authors experience that AfriNIC members are not as diligent about
>> registering
>> assignments of IPv4 space as they could be.
>>
>> AFPUB-2005-v4-001 says, inter alia;
>>
>> "9.5 Validity of an assignment
>> -------------------------
>>
>> Assignments remain valid as long as the original criteria on
>> which the assignment was based are still in place and the
>> assignment is registered in the AfriNIC database. An
>> assignment is therefore invalid if it is not registered in the
>> database and if the purpose for which it was
>> registered has changed or no longer holds. "
>>
>> This proposal is an enforcement mechanism of that long-standing policy.
>>
>>
>> [2] Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem
>>
>> This proposal limits LIRs and End-Users from obtaining reverse
>> delegation (rDNS) from AfriNIC unless the address space is
>> assigned or sub-allocated in the AfriNIC Database.
>>
>>
>>
>> [3] Proposal
>>
>>
>> 3.1 AfriNIC will no longer grant reverse delegation of IP address
>> space that it administers unless an assignment or sub-allocation
>> of that address space is registered appropriately in the AfriNIC Database.
>>
>>
>> 3.2 AfriNIC will contact those LIRs who currently have reverse DNS for
>> allocations, but have not registered any assignments or
>> sub-allocations under those
>> allocations to remind them of the above text from AFPUB-2005-v4-001.
>> It is envisioned that this
>> will be done using myAfriNIC and email, but specific detrails will be
>> left to Secretariat staff to implement.
>>
>> 3.3  AfriNIC will NOT remove reverse delegation of any LIRs allocation
>> that was approved before the date of ratification of this policy
>> proposal by the AfriNIC Board.
>> Only allocations made after ratification date will be affected by this proposal.
>>
>>
>>
>> [4] Revision History (for all but the very first draft)
>>
>> 4.1 Version nn
>> Change: .......................... (description of the change)
>> Reason for Change:..........(why was it changed?)
>>
>> 4.2 Version nn
>> Change: .......................... (description of the change)
>> Reason for Change:..........(why was it changed?)
>
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-- 
Graham Beneke