[rpd] Reciprocity of the inter-RIR transfer policies

[Madhvi Gokool]

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Dear PDWG

AFRINIC has received partial feedback to its query and would like to
report on the feedback received to the community.  To note that the
proposal   AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT03 was also shared with the RIRs when
it was submitted in Sep 2020.

 1.

    ARIN has responded that the Resource Transfer Policy is not
    compatible with their inter-RIR transfer policies because of the
    following statement therein - “The source must be the current rights
    holder of the IPv4 address resources registered with any RIR and
    shall be in compliance with the policies of the receiving RIR.”would
    require a source in the ARIN region to comply with AFRINIC RIR policies.

AFRINIC - You will find  that both AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT02 &
AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT03, versions that were shared with the RIRs
contain this statement.


 2.

    APNIC has responded that for 

 1.

    AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT03 - Resource Transfer Policy (Draft-3), the
    APNIC inter-RIR policy is not compatible with the current text,
    especially “The source must be the current rights holder of the IPv4
    address resources registered with any RIR and shall be in compliance
    with the policies of the receiving RIR.”

AFRINIC - You will find  that AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT02 version that was
shared with the RIRs also contain this statement.


 2.

     AFPUB-2019-GEN-002-DRAFT02 - AFRINIC Number Resources Transfer Policy

 "Only Legacy resources and resources transferred in from other regions
will be transferable out of the AFRINIC service region."

Not compatible as it is not fully reciprocal and bi-directional in
nature. The proposal only allows transfer of legacy resources and
resources that been transferred into AFRINIC, and NOT resources from the
AFRINIC pool. In principle, APNIC allows outgoing transfer of resources
from the APNIC pool, but has a 5-year transfer restriction for 103/8 space.

 3.

    AFPUB-2019-IPv4-002-DRAFT04 - IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers
    (Comprehensive Scope) Draft-4

Compatible for IPv4 Inter-RIR transfers. However there is ambiguity
about APNIC to AFRINIC ASN transfers. We understand the text below
allows transfer of ASNs out of AFRINIC region if they meet certain
conditions. Does it imply transfer of incoming ASNs into AFRINIC is allowed?

"5.7.4 Transfer of ASN with IPv4 Resources

 

At the AFRINIC discretion, in the case where over 50% of the IPv4
resources associated with an ASN are being transferred, that ASN may
also be transferred at the same time."

AFRINIC - We shall clarify this with APNIC as from next week.

**To conclude , please note that as we receive further updates from the
RIRs, we shall keep the working group informed. Should the authors of
the 3 policy proposals require further inputs and clarifications
regarding reciprocity/compatibility, we recommend that they submit same
to pdwg at afrinic.net . We shall then do the needful and liaise with the
RIRs.******

**We have also noted that a latest version of *Resource Transfer Policy
was submitted to the list . To maintain the consistency , the
reciprocity/compatibility with the other inter-RIR transfer policies
will be sought.***

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Regards

Madhvi



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On 23/09/2020 9:51 AM, Madhvi Gokool wrote:

>  Dear PDWG

>

> During the Policy discussions in the AFRINIC-32 PPM  on 17 Sep 2020,

> there was a debate regarding the reciprocity of one inter-RIR transfer

> policy proposal with ARIN. The Policy Liaison had responded that since

> there are 3 policy proposals under discussion and that two of them had

> undergone revision in 2020 , AFRINIC shall contact ARIN to get their

> authoritative response in regard to the reciprocity of all the *3

> proposals*.

>

> Since the  LACNIC, RIPE and APNIC RIRs all have inter-RIR transfer

> policies, and we, AFRINIC do not have their assessment of the

> reciprocity of the 3 policy proposals under discussion on record, 

> AFRINIC has therefore reached out to all  4 RIRs to  get their inputs

> regarding the reciprocity of the*three *policy proposals that were

> discussed in the AFRINIC PPM last week.

>

> We shall update you once we have received the updates from the  4 RIRs. "

>

> Kind Regards

>

> Madhvi

>

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