[AFRINIC-rpd] Academic IPV4 Allocation Policy - Draft 1

[Seun Ojedeji]

On Jan 15, 2013 4:17 PM, "Andrew Alston" <alston.networks at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> Please see the policy proposed below and can we get some discussion going
so that we can modify/edit as the community feels necessary in order to get
this tabled at the next meeting later this year.
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> Thanks
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> Andrew
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> Unique Identifier:            AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-01
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> Draft Policy Name:          Academic IPv4 Allocation
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> Policy Author(s):              Andrew Alston aa at alstonnetworks.net
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>                                                 Sunday Folayan
sfolayan at skannet.com.ng
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> Date:                                     January 14, 2013
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> Related Policies:               None
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> Amends:                              None
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> 1)            Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy
Proposal
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> Given that the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa are
growing, and that Internet access within these academic Institutions is
critical to the educational experience of students, it is necessary to
provide sufficient address space to these HEIs to allow them to function
effectively.  When we consider that such institutions are constantly
upgrading their Infrastructure and bandwidth to support technologies which
are severely limited in environments using Network Address Translation
(NAT), we believe that it is important that HEIs desirous of public address
space should have the ability to migrate away from NAT. Such migration will
help promote technologies such as multicast and the convergence of voice
and data networks, which will in turn drive down the costs within such
institutions.
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> By promoting the elimination of NATs, this proposal will also assist
Universities in their migration to IPv6, and in fact, to qualify under this
proposal, dual-stack and/or rollout of IPv6 at the qualifying institution
is mandatory.
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> 2) Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem
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>                 a) This proposal will simplify the allocation of address
space to HEIs by detailing and simplifying the address justification
criteria
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>                 b) This proposal recognizes HEIs as end users, and
removes the confusion previously seen where arguments have occurred as to
the status of the applying institution.
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>                 c) This proposal helps to reduce the dependence of HEIs
on NATs, and is in line with AfriNIC's own policy of not promoting the
usage of such translation mechanisms.
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>                 d) This proposal encourages the adoption of IPv6 by
making the rollout of IPv6 a criterion for qualification under this
proposal.
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> 3) Proposal
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> Academic Institutions qualify for IP address space from AfriNIC based on
the number of registered full time students on their campus.
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This should be reworded as institution has lots of part time students. So I
guess using"registered students" will be better. Btw this should not only
include students,I think staff can also be quite a bunch?
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> 3.1) To qualify for address space, Academic institutions will need to
apply as end users and provide the following documentation:
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>                 3.1.1) Proof of University registration/accreditation
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>                 3.1.2) Proof of the number of registered full time
students
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To be rewarded.

> 3.2)  In addition to the documentation specified in clause 3.1,
institutions will need to provide details of planned/current IPv6
roll-outs, including committed time frames for the roll-out of IPv6.
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maybe plan and not details and it should be clear on what the plan would
entail.

> 3.3) For the purposes of this policy, the roll-out of IPv6 can only be
considered to be a true IPv6 roll-out, if IPv6 is extended to the edge of
the network, beyond just the core/server infrastructure.
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....If The v6 PLAN
> 3.4) Under the policy, an HEI shall qualify for IP addresses on the basis
of a 1:3 student:address ratio, so as to cater for the wide spread and
increasing use of portable devices
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guess you meant 3:1

> (smartphones/tablets/notebooks) being brought onto campus by students.
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> 3.5) HEIs will be classified as End Users under this policy, on provision
of a duly authorized letter from the institution management stating that
address space allocated will not be used outside of the campus/academic
environment.
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> 3.6) HEIs qualifying under this proposal will qualify for the same
academic discounts that are applicable to any academic institution at the
time of application.
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> 3.7) Since any HEI that has a large base of full time registered
students, has to, by the very nature of their function, have equipment on
campus, this policy dispenses for the need for a HEI to provide detailed
proof of equipment and infrastructure.
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It should be clear what infrastructure is refereed is it v6 or v4

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All for now!
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