<div dir="ltr">Policy chair,<div><br></div><div>I am asking myself the same question what should we do now? as you can see the community are strongly disagreed with this policy including myself.</div><div><br></div><div>The community need an advice and the way forward for this policy.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jackson Muthili</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacksonmuthi@gmail.com">jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:49 PM<br>Subject: Re: [AFRINIC-rpd] Latest version of the policy AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-03<br>To: Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:alston.networks@gmail.com">alston.networks@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br><br><br>Now that new version come up and clear in this last call we have more<br>
opposition than support.<br>
<br>
The policy go back to discuss at next Afrinic meeting?<br>
<br>
Policy Chair please give us your expert advise.<br>
<br>
I still oppose strongly this policy to get above this stage. Because<br>
all community still need to understand implication.<br>
<br>
Jack<br>
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Alston<br>
<<a href="mailto:alston.networks@gmail.com">alston.networks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> Please see the proposed modified version of the policy as requested by<br>
> community consensus at the Zambian PDP Meeting.<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
> 1) Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal<br>
> Given that the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa are growing,<br>
> and that Internet access within these Higher Education Institutions is<br>
> critical to the educational experience of students, it is necessary to<br>
> provide sufficient address space to these HEIs to allow them to function<br>
> effectively. When we consider that such institutions are constantly<br>
> upgrading their Infrastructure and bandwidth to support technologies which<br>
> are severely limited in environments using Network Address Translation<br>
> (NAT), we believe that it is important that HEIs desirous of public address<br>
> space should have the ability to migrate away from NAT. Such migration will<br>
> help promote technologies such as multicast and the convergence of voice and<br>
> data networks, which will in turn drive down the costs within such<br>
> institutions.<br>
> By promoting the elimination of NATs, this proposal will also assist HEIs in<br>
> their migration to IPv6, and in fact, to qualify under this proposal,<br>
> dual-stack and/or rollout of IPv6 at the qualifying institution is<br>
> mandatory.<br>
><br>
> 2) Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem<br>
> a) This proposal will simplify the allocation of address space to HEIs by<br>
> detailing and simplifying the address justification criteria b) This<br>
> proposal recognises HEIs as end users, and removes the confusion previously<br>
> seen where arguments have occurred as to the status of the applying<br>
> institution. c) This proposal helps to reduce the dependence of HEIs on<br>
> NATs, and is in line with AfriNIC's own policy of not promoting the usage of<br>
> such translation mechanisms.. d) This proposal encourages the adoption of<br>
> IPv6 by making the rollout of IPv6 a criterion for qualification under this<br>
> proposal.<br>
><br>
> 3) Proposal<br>
> Higher Education Institutions qualify for IP address space from AfriNIC<br>
> based on the sum of the number of registered students and employees on their<br>
> campus.<br>
><br>
> 3.1) To qualify for address space, Higher Education Institutions will need<br>
> to apply as end users and provide the following documentation:<br>
> 3.1.1) Proof of Institution's registration/accreditation 3.1.2) Proof of<br>
> the number of registered full time students 3.1.3) Proof of staff head<br>
> count.<br>
><br>
> 3.2) This policy applies a ratio to a head count of campus users, where the<br>
> number of campus users is calculated using a formula of full time students +<br>
> full time employees + (part time students * 0.5)<br>
><br>
> 3.3) In addition to the documentation specified in clause 3.1, institutions<br>
> will need to provide details of planned/current IPv6 roll-outs, including<br>
> committed time frames for the roll-out of IPv6.<br>
><br>
> 3.4) For the purposes of this policy, the roll-out of IPv6 can only be<br>
> considered to be a true IPv6 roll-out, if IPv6 is extended to the edge of<br>
> the network, beyond just the core/server infrastructure.<br>
><br>
> 3.5) Under the policy, HEI shall be eligible to receive IPv4 resources at a<br>
> ratio not less than 5 IPv4 addresses per campus user, where campus user is<br>
> defined in 3.2).<br>
><br>
> 3.6) While 3.5 defines a minimum accepted ratio for which the justification<br>
> is clearly defined in 3.1, applications based on a ratio as high as 10:1<br>
> shall be given due consideration and should be approved unless the<br>
> justification for such increased ratio is believed by AfriNIC staff to be<br>
> specious or fraudulent in nature.<br>
><br>
> 3.7) While 3.5 defines a minimum ratio for which institutions shall be<br>
> eligible, where an institution believes that it requires less space than<br>
> defined by this ratio, a ratio of less than the<br>
> default specified in 3.5 may be requested.<br>
><br>
> 3.8) HEIs will be classified as End Users under this policy, on provision of<br>
> a duly authorised letter from the institution management stating that<br>
> address space allocated will not be used outside of the campus/academic<br>
> environment.<br>
><br>
> 3.9) HEIs qualifying under this proposal will qualify for the same academic<br>
> discounts that are applicable to any academic institution at the time of<br>
> application.<br>
><br>
> 3.10) Since any HEI that has a large base of registered students and full<br>
> time staff, has to, by the very nature of their function, have equipment on<br>
> campus, this policy dispenses for the need for a HEI to provide detailed<br>
> proof of equipment and infrastructure.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Revision History (For all but the first draft)<br>
> Version 1 – Added 3.1.3 to include justification of employee count. Added a<br>
> new point 3.2 and 3.4, meaning that sequential numbering changed, where the<br>
> original 3.2 became 3.3, 3.4 became 3.5, 3.6 was a new point, meaning<br>
> original 3.6 -> 3.8 became 3.7 -> 3.9. Added 3.2 to define the calculation<br>
> of head count to which the address ratio calculation is applied. Modified<br>
> 3.5 to change the ratio from 1:3 to 1:5 as per requests from the RPD list.<br>
> Added 3.6 to allow for allocations larger than the de-facto 1:5 ratio upon<br>
> submission of additional documentation, while maintaining the need for<br>
> minimal justification if the ratio applied for did not exceed the 1:5 mark.<br>
> Version 2 - Added point 3.7 to allow for smaller applications. Renumbered<br>
> 3.8 -> 3.10 (from 3.7 -> 3.9). Replaced the word "academic" with the term<br>
> "Higher Education Institutions" where appropriate to make the policy more<br>
> consistent<br>
><br>
><br>
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