[rpd] Fwd: Final Comment Period for prop-114: Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria

Sun Sep 13 16:26:53 UTC 2015

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
> wrote:

> Thanks Seun.
>
> It seems after APNIC and RIPE-NCC change their policy to remove the
> multihoming requirement for ASN request, the only region to remain with
> this policy will be AFRINIC. Is there any process to align our policy with
> the other 4 RIRs?
>

There is a process to create a global policy, but that requires agreement
of all 5 RIR communities and then NRO NC/ICAANN Board action.

> Is it necessary to follow suite?
>

No.

Regards,

McTim

> Regards
> On Sep 13, 2015 10:02 AM, "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This apnic policy proposal is currently in what we know as "last call" in
>> AfriNIC. It proposes to remove multihoming requirement for ASN request.
>> This is currently required for our region.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Masato Yamanishi" <myamanis at gmail.com>
>> Date: 12 Sep 2015 16:27
>> Subject: [sig-policy] Final Comment Period for prop-114: Modification in
>> the ASN eligibility criteria
>> To: "sig-policy at lists.apnic.net" <sig-policy at lists.apnic.net>
>> Cc:
>>
>> Dear colleagues
>>
>> Version 3 of prop-114: Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria,
>> reached consensus at the APNIC 40 Open Policy Meeting and later at the
>> APNIC Member Meeting (AMM).
>>
>> This proposal will now move to the next step in the APNIC Policy
>> Development Process and is being returned to the Policy SIG mailing list
>> for the final Comment Period.
>>
>> At the end of this period the Policy SIG Chairs will evaluate comments
>> made and determine if the consensus reached at APNIC 40 still holds. The
>> Chairs may extend the Comment Period to a maximum of eight (8) weeks to
>> allow further discussion.
>>
>> If consensus holds, the Chair of the Policy SIG will ask the Executive
>> Council to endorse the proposal for implementation.
>>
>>    - Send all comments and questions to: <sig-policy at apnic dot net>
>>    - Deadline for comments:  23:59 (UTC +10) Sunday, 11 October 2015
>>
>>
>>
>> Proposal details
>> ----------------
>>
>> This is a proposal changes the criteria for AS number requests from
>> end-user organizations considering multihoming.
>>
>> Proposal details, including the full text of the proposal, history, and
>> links to the APNIC 40 meeting archive, are available at:
>>
>>          http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-114
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Masato and Sumon
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> prop-114-v003: Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Proposer:      Aftab Siddiqui
>>                aftab.siddiqui at gmail.com
>>
>>                Skeeve Stevens
>>                skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com
>>
>>
>> 1. Problem statement
>> --------------------
>>
>>    The current ASN assignment policy states two eligibility criteria and
>>    that both criteria should be fulfilled in order to obtain an ASN. The
>>    policy seems to imply that both requirements i.e. multi-homing and
>>    clearly defined single routing policy must be met simultaneously,
>>    this has created much confusion in interpreting the policy.
>>
>>    As a result organizations have either provided incorrect information
>>    to get the ASN or barred themselves from applying where they still
>>    have a valid justification for obtaining an ASN.
>>
>>
>> 2. Objective of policy change
>> -----------------------------
>>
>>    In order to make the policy guidelines simpler we are proposing to
>>    modify the text describing the eligibility criteria for ASN
>>    assignment by providing alternate criteria to obtaining an ASN.
>>
>>
>> 3. Situation in other regions
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> ARIN:
>>     It is not mandatory but optional to be multi-homed in order get ASN
>>
>> RIPE:
>>     Policy to remove multi-homing requirement is currently in discussion
>>     and the current phase ends 12 February 2015 (awaiting Chair decision)
>>     Policy - https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03
>>
>> LACNIC:
>>     Only inter-connect is mandatory not multi-homing
>>
>> AFRINIC:
>>     It is mandatory to be multi-homed in order to get ASN.
>>
>>
>> 4. Proposed policy solution
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> An organisation is eligible for an ASN assignment if:
>>
>>     - they are currently multi-homed, OR
>>
>>     - have previous allocated provider independent address space by
>>       APNIC, AND intend to multi-home in the future
>>
>>
>> 5. Advantages / Disadvantages
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> Advantages:
>>
>>     By adding the additional criteria of Guidelines managed by APNIC
>>     Secretariat, this would enable the Secretariat to make decisions
>>     based on common or rare use cases, but that may still be a valid
>>     request.
>>
>> Disadvantages:
>>
>>     It may be perceived that this policy would enable members to obtain
>>     ASN’s more easily, and in return cause faster consumption of ASN’s
>>     in the region.  Given the relative ease of obtaining an ASN with
>>     ‘work around’ methods, we do not perceive this will actually have
>>     any effect.
>>
>>
>> 6. Impact on resource holders
>> -----------------------------
>>
>>     No impact on existing resource holders.
>>
>>
>> *              sig-policy:  APNIC SIG on resource management policy
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Cheers,

McTim
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