APNIC Policy Update Philip Smith

APNIC Learning and Development Director

Recent Implementations

•  prop-104 Clarifying demonstrated needs requirement in IPv4 transfer policy –  Increased the demonstrated need evaluation period for IPv4

transfer recipients to 24 months. –  Implemented 18 February 2013

•  prop-101 Removing multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments –  Removed multihoming as an absolute requirement for IPv6 address

assignments opening the way for Provider Independent space for justified reasons.

–  Implemented 18 February 2013

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•  prop-105 Distribution of returned IPv4 address (Modification of prop-088) –  Proposed a separate distribution policy for any space allocated to

APNIC by the IANA under the "Global policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA”.

–  Did not reach consensus at APNIC 35 and was returned to the author for further work

Call for Proposals

•  Deadline for APNIC 36 Policy Proposals Wednesday 17 July 2013

•  Learn more about APNIC 36 at:

http://conference.apnic.net/36

The APNIC PDP

•  APNIC's policy development process is explained at: –  http://www.apnic.net/policy

•  View current and past policy proposals at: –  http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals

•  APNIC Policy Special Interest Group –  www.apnic.net/policy-sig

•  Mailing List –  Archive

•  http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/

–  Subscription •  http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy

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