[rpd] Questions about IP Allocation rate

[Andrew Alston]

Can you also please supply the ranges so that a BGP table audit can be done
to ensure that these resources are indeed not being used inappropriately or
illegally please.

Andrew

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 at 16:27, Madhvi Gokool via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net> wrote:

> Dear Andrew
>
> The status 'Reserved' is provided to the following cases :-
>
> a) Resources that are reserved according to ratified and implemented
> policies(one /12 IPv4 under the soft landing policy and 2 x 16’s IPv4
> prefixes  and small ASNs for IXPs)
>
> b) Resources that have been reclaimed from organisations during the
> closure exercises and quarantined
>
> c) Resources that have been voluntarily returned  by resource members  and
> quarantined
>
> Quarantined resources in the case of b) and c) above are subject to a
> cleanup process to ensure sanity before they are added to the available
> pool of resources.
>
> d) Resources that have been deregistered from the AFRINIC whois database
> after the investigation of misappropriated resources were also quarantined.
>
> We will produce a breakdown of these reservations by tomorrow.
>
> Regards
>
> Madhvi
>
>
> On 14/10/2025 13:11, Andrew Alston wrote:
>
> Hi Madhvi,
>
> I'm a little confused by the stats on that page.  According to the CPM
> AfriNIC currently reserves as a /16 for IXP space and a /12 under soft
> landing.  This accounts for a total of 1,114,112 addresses.
>
> The stats page shows total reservations of 17509 /24s - which amounts to
> roughly a /10 and another /14 in reserved space.  This is more than 4 times
> the amount of reserved space that I can account for in the CPM - so what is
> the rest of it and what am I missing here?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM Madhvi Gokool via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir
>>
>> AFRINIC publishes statistics here - https://stats.afrinic.net
>>
>> The graph titled “Distribution of IPv4 (/24) per year“ on the page Statistics
>> Portal <https://stats.afrinic.net/ipv4/> can be referenced for yearly
>> distribution, In addition, The ‘Filter by date Range’ can be used to get
>> granular statistics for the IPv4 allocations.
>>
>> We also wish to inform you that while the page is accessible on Firefox
>> and Safari browsers, we have noticed an erratic behaviour when accessed via
>> Chrome browser. We are investigating this erratic behaviour at the moment.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Madhvi Gokool
>>
>> AFRINIC Policy Liaison
>>
>>
>> On 13/10/2025 18:43, Andrew Alston wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was wondering if there were updated statistics for the amount of space
>> allocated in the last 3 years.  In addition to this information regarding
>> exactly how much free space is still available in the IPv4 unallocated pool
>> (excluding reservations)
>>
>> I ask this because depending on the allocation rate - we may wish to
>> consider revising the soft-landing policy that currently reserves a /12
>> worth of ipv4 space for "future uses, as yet unforeseen".
>>
>> I point out that the soft landing policy was ratified in 2011, and if we
>> still, after 14 years, have not been able to articulate a clear reason for
>> such a large reservation, I think it's time we look at most, if not all, of
>> that /12 back into the main unallocated pool that can be allocated for
>> African resource holders that actually need it.
>>
>> Amongst other reasons, sitting with unallocated, unannounced, reserved
>> space like this leaves the space vulnerable to hijacking and malicious use
>> or even potential theft.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
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