<div dir="ltr">Hi Madhvi,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM Madhvi Gokool via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p style="margin:0.75rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;font:400 16px/1.714 "Atlassian Sans",ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dear Sir</p>
<p style="margin:0.75rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;font:400 16px/1.714 "Atlassian Sans",ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AFRINIC publishes statistics here - <a title="https://stats.afrinic.net/" href="https://stats.afrinic.net/" style="color:rgb(24,104,219);text-decoration:underline;font-family:"Atlassian Sans",ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">https://stats.afrinic.net</a></p>
<p style="margin:0.75rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;font:400 16px/1.714 "Atlassian Sans",ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The graph titled “Distribution of IPv4 (/24) per year“ on the page <span><span><span><span><a href="https://stats.afrinic.net/ipv4/" role="button" style="color:rgb(24,104,219);text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;padding:2px 0px;border-color:rgba(11,18,14,0.14);border-style:solid;border-width:0.555556px;display:inline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank"><span style="border:none;box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-all;white-space:pre-wrap;padding:2px 4px"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:4px;line-height:1"><span style="border:none;height:0px;display:inline-block;box-sizing:border-box;opacity:0;width:1pc"></span></span><span style="border:none;box-sizing:border-box">Statistics Portal</span></span></a></span></span></span></span> can be referenced for yearly distribution, In addition, The ‘Filter by date Range’ can be used to get granular statistics for the IPv4 allocations. </p>
<p style="margin:0.75rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;font:400 16px/1.714 "Atlassian Sans",ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">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. </p>
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<div>On 13/10/2025 18:43, Andrew Alston
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi All,
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<div>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)</div>
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<div>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".</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Amongst other reasons, sitting with unallocated,
unannounced, reserved space like this leaves the space
vulnerable to hijacking and malicious use or even potential
theft.</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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</div>
<div>Andrew</div>
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