[rpd] IPv4 Soft Landing-bis Statement Post AFRINIC-26

Fri Jun 16 09:39:39 UTC 2017

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an organization that has received the maximum allowable prefix in each
phase may request for another round of allocation/assignment in the
same phase after a 24 calendar months waiting period.
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+1

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Lydea Akiriza <akirizal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another +1!
>
> On 16 Jun 2017 12:20 pm, "Noah" <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 16 Jun 2017 9:13 a.m., "Jackson Muthili" <jacksonmuthi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The proposal IPv4 Soft Landing BIS only needs one more input to make it
>> perfect.
>>
>> That input should come from the just withdrawn Soft Landing SD as follows:
>>
>> ====|
>> an organization that has received the maximum allowable prefix in each
>> phase may request for another round of allocation/assignment in the
>> same phase after a 24 calendar months waiting period.
>> |=====
>>
>> With this addition it has my full support (also add the /24 minimum back).
>>
>> Due to urgency of need of this proposal to cap abusers with negative
>> interests of our region depleting our pool and hence negating fair and
>> equitable distribution of this last block I request that co-chairs
>> immediately vary the process for quick approval of this proposal
>> (BIS-SD or whatever both parties will call it)
>>
>>
>> +1 jackson
>>
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Omo Oaiya <Omo.Oaiya at wacren.net> wrote:
>> > Dear Community,
>> >
>> > On 9 February 2016, we initiated a policy proposal to update the IPv4
>> Soft
>> > Landing policy (SL) adopted in 2011 and which followed the Global IPv4
>> soft
>> > landing policy that granted the 102/8 to AFRINIC in February 2011
>> >
>> > The existing Soft landing policy defines how to fairly distribute the
>> 102/8
>> > and other remaining v4 space to support a smooth transition to IPv6.  It
>> > defines 2 phases (phase 1 and Phase 2) and keep a reserve of /12 for
>> > unforeseen future. More detail at
>> > http://www.afrinic.net/library/policies/1829-afrinic-consoli
>> dated-policy-manual#SoftLanding
>> >
>> > The IPv4 Softlanding-Bis (SL-Bis) proposal aimed to make the
>> distribution
>> > more equitable based on AFRINIC IPv4 allocation/assignment statistics.
>> It
>> > stayed in the spirit of the Soft Landing policy (Need based allocations,
>> > fair distribution, no limit on request from members) with the following
>> > changes:
>> >
>> > - reduce the max allocation/assignment in phase 1 from /13 to  /18
>> ([latest
>> > version]
>> >
>> > - change nothing in Phase 2
>> >
>> > - remove the minimum allocation of /24 and empower staff to determine
>> the
>> > minimum as we go through the exhaustion and the transition to IPv6
>> >
>> > - cancel the unforeseen future reserve(to be used at BoD discretion) and
>> > create a dedicated reserve  for IPv6 deployment[ latest version] :
>> >
>> > - allocation/assignment to root ops and  African ccTLDs operating in the
>> > region for dual stack  DNS servers
>> >
>> > - v4 space for new comers with IPv6 network for 464XLAT/ transition
>> > mechanisms
>> >
>> > More information on the SL-Bis proposal at
>> > https://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/poli
>> cy-proposals/2075-ipv4-soft-landing-bis
>> >
>> > On 12 February 2016,  a policy proposal named “Soft Landing
>> > Overhaul”(SL-overhaul) was submitted. Section 2.0 of the proposal reads
>> >
>> > ======
>> >
>> > 2.0 Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem
>> >
>> > This proposal still maintains a block of space reserved for new
>> entrants,
>> > but beyond that, it allows for the natural depletion of IPv4 through
>> > standard demand, and hence encourages the uptake of IPv6 in a more
>> > aggressive manner.
>> >
>> > =====
>> >
>> > More information on SL-overhaul at
>> > https://www.afrinic.net/en/library/policies/archive/withdraw
>> n-proposals/1623-soft-landing-overhaul
>> >
>> > The two proposals were presented at AFRINIC24 held in Gaborone (June
>> 2016).
>> > Despite the fact that many participants supported SL-Bis proposal, the
>> > chairs declared that none of the 2 proposals got consensus.
>> >
>> > During AFRINIC-25 held in Mauritius (November 2016), to avoid the
>> Gaborone
>> > scenario, the authors of SL-Bis offered to work together with the
>> authors of
>> > SL-overhaul to find a common ground about how to update the SL policy
>> > despite the differences in the problem statements of the two proposals.
>> >
>> > SL-overhaul authors withdrew their proposal thereafter and the
>> consolidation
>> > attempts by the Co-chairs produced the following document
>> > -https://goo.gl/AWCCWd
>> >
>> > The Chairs called for volunteers to take on points from that document
>> and
>> > propose policy while SL-bis was still in the PDP track.  As a
>> consequence,
>> >
>> > Soft Landing SD (SL-SD) was proposed on 30th March 2017. Section 2.0 of
>> the
>> > proposal reads:
>> >
>> >  =======
>> >
>> > 2. Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem
>> >
>> > This proposal tries to address these problems by:
>> >
>> >   - Reducing the maximum prefix in phase 1. We arrived at this figure by
>> > looking at the average allocation prefix. We found the average to be
>> between
>> > /17 and /16.
>> >
>> >   -  Disallowing allocation to organisations who have been allocated up
>> to
>> > the maximum prefixes during each phase for certain duration.
>> >
>> >   - Adjusted the maximum prefix for phase 2, to bring it closer to
>> average
>> > allocation size.
>> >
>> > =========
>> >
>> > The proposal modifies section 5.4.4 of the CPM to the following:
>> >
>> > ==============
>> >
>> > For any LIR or End User requesting IPv4 address space during the
>> Exhaustion
>> > phases:
>> >
>> > 5.4.4.1 An organization may request additional IPv4 address space in
>> both
>> > Phase 1 and Phase 2. However, such an organisation's total
>> > allocations/assignments must not exceed the maximum allowable prefix of
>> /16
>> > for Exhaustion Phase 1 and /20 for Exhaustion Phase 2.
>> >
>> > 5.4.4.2 Notwithstanding 5.4.4.1, an organisation that has received the
>> > maximum allowable prefix in each phase may request for another round of
>> > allocation/assignment in the same phase (as per 5.4.4.1), after 24
>> calendar
>> > months waiting period.
>> >
>> > =====================
>> >
>> > More information about SL-SD at
>> > https://www.afrinic.net/en/library/policies/archive/withdraw
>> n-proposals/2089-soft-landing-sd
>> >
>> > SL-BIS and SL-SD were presented at AFRINIC26 held in Nairobi (May
>> 2017). As
>> > in Gaborone, the chairs declared no consensus for the 2 proposals
>> despite
>> > the overwhelming support for SL-BIS.  The SL-SD team withdrew their
>> proposal
>> > which only got support from author present.. See withdrawal message at
>> > https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2017/006924.html
>> >
>> > Some discussions have occurred on the list after the AFRINIC26 meeting
>> about
>> > consolidating Soft landing policy update around SL-bis, etc…
>> >
>> > In conclusion, if the chairs got the message from the community and are
>> > ready to vary the PDP as per section 3.6 of the CPM, the authors will
>> > happily work on submitting an update of SL-bis.  Otherwise, the authors
>> > consider that based on the timing of the exhaustion phases and current
>> PDP
>> > process, we have reached a juncture at which a further update has
>> diminished
>> > value. As such, we would find it more productive to work separately on
>> > aspects of the Soft landing that do not have time constraints and can
>> still
>> > go through the normal PDP.
>> >
>> > The authors thank you all for your contribution and support all along
>> the
>> > SL-bis journey.
>> >
>> >
>> > Joe Kimaili (Ubuntunet Alliance) Alain Aina, Omo Oaiya (WACREN)
>> >
>> >
>> >
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