APNIC Registration Services Manager Guangliang Pan gave an update of current policy proposals in the APNIC community at AFRINIC 31 in Luanda, Angola, from 2 to 6 December 2019.
2. Proposals discussed at APNIC 48
• prop-124: Clarification on Sub-Assignments
• prop-126: PDP Update
• prop-130: Modification of transfer policies
• prop-131: Editorial changes in IPv6 Policy
• prop-132: RPKI ROAs for unallocated and unassigned
APNIC address space (was: AS0 for Bogons)
3. Reached consensus
• prop-131: Editorial changes in IPv6 Policy
– This proposal suggests multiple editorial changes in the IPv6 policy.
The intent is to remove non-necessary text and simplify the policy.
• Status
– Waiting for APNIC EC endorsement
• prop-132: RPKI ROAs for unallocated and unassigned
APNIC address space (AS0 for Bogons)
– This proposal gives APNIC the authority to create AS0 (zero) ROAs
for APNIC's unallocated address space to resolve the issue of bogon
announcement.
• Status
– Waiting for APNIC EC endorsement
4. Still under discussion
• prop-130: Modification of transfer policies
– This proposal aims to change the existing transfer policies to allow
scenarios from a partial or complete business merger, acquisition,
reorganization or relocation, in both intra-and inter-RIR transfers.
Currently, the inter-RIR transfer only allows the transfer of IPv4
addresses and AS numbers, but this proposal seeks to include IPv6
addresses as well.
• Status
– Sent back to the author for further discussion with the community
5. Did not reach consensus &
Abandoned
• prop-124: Clarification on Sub-Assignments
• prop-126: PDP Update