<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Dear Jordi</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">While I fully support the objective of increasing IPv6 deployment across the AFRINIC service region, I do not believe that the problem statement and the proposed solution adequately justify the measures being introduced.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">First, I believe the problem statement is inappropriately framed. The proposal relies heavily on comparisons between Africa and other regions of the world, suggesting that Africa’s lower IPv6 deployment rate is, by itself, evidence that stronger policy intervention is required. I do not think this is a useful basis for policy development.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The AFRINIC community should not be comparing itself to other regions from a technological adoption perspective. There are numerous economic, infrastructural, educational, and operational factors that influence IPv6 deployment across different regions. The fact that Africa has lower IPv6 deployment than other regions does not automatically indicate a policy failure.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Furthermore, after more than 25 years of IPv6 availability, even the regions often considered technologically advanced are still reporting deployment levels that are far from complete. If the reported global capability is approximately 44%, this demonstrates that IPv6 adoption remains a challenge worldwide and not exclusively within Africa.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">If the objective is to highlight low IPv6 deployment within the AFRINIC service region, the problem statement should focus on that issue directly and objectively, without relying on comparisons with other regions. Any benchmarking should be done carefully and within relevant peer groups rather than presenting Africa as lagging behind the rest of the world.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Second, I am concerned that the proposal moves AFRINIC beyond its traditional role as a registry and into the role of an operational regulator.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The primary function of an RIR is the fair and efficient management and registration of Internet number resources. This proposal goes significantly further by attempting to regulate how networks deploy IPv6, how quickly they deploy it, what percentage of traffic should use it, and what percentage of services should be reachable over it.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Such requirements extend beyond resource registration and enter the realm of network operations and business decisions. I do not believe this falls within the intended scope of RIR policy.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Third, the proposed compliance criteria appear difficult to evaluate objectively.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">For example, the proposal requires networks to demonstrate specific percentages of IPv6 traffic to their top-25 external destinations. It is unclear:</span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Over what period measurements will be taken;</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">How AFRINIC staff will independently verify the information provided;</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">How compliance will be assessed when traffic patterns change over time.</span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">In addition, network operators do not control whether external destinations support IPv6, nor do they fully control the applications and services used by their customers. As a result, the proposed traffic thresholds may not accurately reflect the deployment efforts undertaken by the resource holder.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Similarly, evaluating IPv6 reachability through percentages of AAAA records and service availability introduces a high degree of subjectivity. Different networks host different types of services, operate different architectures, and face different technical constraints. A single set of percentages may not be appropriate across all deployment scenarios.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Finally, I am particularly concerned by the statement that failure to comply with the IPv6 deployment plan constitutes a policy violation.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">An organization may make genuine efforts to deploy IPv6 and still fail to meet prescribed percentages due to factors outside its control. Turning such outcomes into policy violations creates uncertainty and potentially disproportionate consequences for resource holders.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I would support measures that encourage IPv6 adoption, such as requiring organizations requesting IPv4 resources to also obtain IPv6 resources if they do not already have them, or requiring applicants to submit an IPv6 deployment plan. However, I do not support introducing operational deployment targets, traffic thresholds, service reachability metrics, and compliance enforcement mechanisms that move beyond AFRINIC’s core registration function.</span></p>
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</div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><br>On 23 Jun 2026, at 23:45, Musa Stephen Honlue <honlue@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Thank you Madhvi.<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><br>On 23 Jun 2026, at 23:25, Madhvi Gokool <madhvi@afrinic.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>There seems to be an issue with the first version of the proposal
on the website. We'll ensure it's fixed the soonest.</p>
<p>Please note that the author submitted a revised version of the
proposal - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://afrinic.net/participate/policy/proposals/afpub-2026-v6-001-draft02" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://afrinic.net/participate/policy/proposals/afpub-2026-v6-001-draft02</a>
and that the latter will be discussed during the AFRINIC-37 PPM.</p>
<p>Kind Regards</p>
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Hi Jordi, colleagues,</div>
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Thank you, Jordi, for considering my previous comments and
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In principle, I support linking IPv4 allocations under the
Soft Landing policy with commitment toward IPv6 deployment.
Given the IPv4 exhaustion reality, this is a reasonable
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I also appreciate the additional clarifications regarding
the existing policy references and deployment expectations.
Nevertheless, I believe the implementation and enforcement
aspects may still require further refinement to ensure the
criteria remain objective, measurable, and operationally
practical across the AFRINIC service region. I believe the
staff analysis may further help clarify the operational
feasibility, compliance verification approach, and
enforcement practicality of the proposed requirements.</div>
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Overall, I support the intent of the proposal and appreciate
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] IPv6 as a criteria in IPv4 Soft
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<div style="line-break:after-white-space">Hi Jaco,
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<div>Tks, next version will use: “Any IPv4 request must be
done with a simultaneous IPv6 request if the requesting
party does not already have IPv6 space.” This may depend
on the impact analysis inputs, of course.</div>
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<div>About the determination/measurement that this is being
done, let me explain how I see this.</div>
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<div>The existing 6.5.1.1 (for LIRs) and 6.8.2, already set
the conditions to be met. AFRINIC already has, in both
cases, a 12 months period to confirm the deployment. May
be is not sufficiently clear there if AFRINIC should do
something if that’s not actually done. We aren’t talking
there only about announcing the prefix, but also in the
case of LIRs, about making assignments to end-sites, and
the text is clear, /48s, nothing different. There is no
reason for using different sizes for different type of
customers on that text. There is no technical reason at
all for not doing it correctly, however, this is a
discussion for amending that part of the policy, not for
this proposal.</div>
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<div>What this proposal wants to make sure is that you
*actually*, *following existing policy*, if you get IPv4,
you really deploy IPv6 in 12 months. To reinforce it I
explicitly mention “In addition …”, as you said. Note that
“in addition” section enforces a more detailed work from
the member requesting IPv4, to justify a credible IPv6
addressing and deployment plan, this will be accepted or
not by AFRINIC, as with any request evaluation.</div>
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<div>For example, in many RIRs, not just AFRINIC, I’ve
observed that many members get by default a /32, even if
they have 800.000 end-sites. Clearly wrong, they didn’t
have done any real addressing plan and they will end up
providing a single /64 to each end-site. If they do it
correctly, they will soon discover why they should use
/48s, so with a /32 they can only cover around 50.000
customers, which means that typically for 800.000 of
customers (depending on the topological distribution of
the network) will mean that they need a /27-/28.</div>
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<div>I don’t think nobody can say “deploy” is not clear. If
this is the case, we can improve it, something like “and
IPv6 is actually being used”. We can even set a minimum
level of traffic, such as 50% for example? Those that have
deployed IPv6 know that, at least in the case of
residential and cellular customers, because most of the
traffic (typically 75-90%) is from big CDNs, caches, and
contend providers (all google, all Meta, Akamai and all
the other CDNs), already provide IPv6, when you turn on
IPv6 in an end-site, the IPv6 traffic of that end-site
becomes 75%-90% IPv6, in turn the total ISP traffic
reaches similar levels.</div>
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<div>So asking for 50% seems to me conservative, but I’m
happy for lower levels, if we agree that we can ask for
more later on. We can even consider something like 25%
after 12 months, 50% after 24 months, 75% after 48 months.
Just an example.</div>
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<div>Finally, as we have many policies that AFRINIC not
necessarily is measuring the compliance, that’s what the
other proposal (compliance dashboard) was already trying
to resolve, now in a “light” version.</div>
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<div>This proposal also added a trigger (failure to comply)
to ensure that abuse (requesting IPv4, but then not
deploying IPv6) can enact the RSA terms, because clearly
shows that there is a policy breach.</div>
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<div>By the way, dynamic prefixes in IPv6 is broken,
terrible idea, specially if there are power outages.</div>
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<div>I suggest to read what, hopefully in a few months, will
become in RFC/BCP a successor of RIPE690:</div>
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<div>Regards,<br>
Jordi<br>
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@jordipalet<br>
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<div>El 28 may 2026, a las 11:43, Jaco Kroon
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za"><jaco@uls.co.za></a> escribió:</div>
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<p>Hi Jordi,</p>
<p>I support the principle very much.
Practicality may be a different story, yes, must
implement v6, however:</p>
<p>How do you determine/measure that? I think
your "In addition" section addresses this to a
degree.</p>
<p>Merely advertising IPv6 space? Sure, that's
easy, but it doesn't mean I have to actually
make that available to customers.</p>
<p>Re proposed text, the word "However, " doesn't
add value, merely "Any IPv4 request must be done
with a simultaneous IPv6 request if the
requesting party does not already have IPv6
space."</p>
<p>This does also be the question, it seems
6.5.1.1.3 states that you must give /48s to end
sites - we do distinguish between business and
home users, for business we happily do /48 if so
required (at least we reserve a /48 per site
minimum), but for home users we generally do
dynamically allocated /56 (but will again do /48
on request) - would this imply failure to comply
with your proposed policy? If so, should the
proposed policy be adjusted, or 6.5.1.1.3?</p>
<p>For PI space (6.8.2.2.d) - what does deployed
mean?</p>
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regards,<br>
Jaco Kroon<br>
<br>
On 2026/05/28 10:28, jordi.palet--- via RPD
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<pre class="x_moz-quote-pre">Hi all,
Somehow this is a response to Sami input on a previous proposal.
This way we can split the problem space in 2 proposals, which may reach consensus without depending one on the other.
So we have a very basic question: If we believe that the members that receive IPv4 out of the Soft Landing policy, must implement IPv6, or not?
Regards,
Jordi
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<pre class="x_moz-quote-pre">El 28 may 2026, a las 10:05, Darwin Da Costa <a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dacostadarwin@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><dacostadarwin@gmail.com></a> escribió:
Dear PDWG,
We have received a new draft policy proposal - IPv6 as a criteria in IPv4 Soft Landing ID AFPUB-2026-v6-001-DRAFT01 from author Jordi Palet Martinez. The proposal contents are published at:
<a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://afrinic.net/afpub-2026-v6-001-draft01" moz-do-not-send="true">https://afrinic.net/afpub-2026-v6-001-draft01</a>
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