[rpd] Questions about IP Allocation rate

[Andrew Alston]

Alternatively to the below - can you supply a list of every range currently
assigned to AfriNIC - inclusive of legacy blocks - and I will script an
audit of those blocks vs the data on the IPv4 stats download. This will
avoid explicitly exposing reserved blocks but will still allow such a BGP
audit to be done

Andrew

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 at 16:45, Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net> wrote:

> 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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