This document summarizes APNIC's policy update from May 2014. It discusses how APNIC policies are developed through an open and transparent bottom-up consensus process. The policy development process ensures fair distribution of internet number resources. Recently implemented policies include allowing autonomous system number transfers and allocating research IP blocks. Proposed policies under discussion include expanding the IPv6 allocation size and designating an anycast block for DNS infrastructure.

1. Issue Date:
Revision:
APNIC Policy Update
May, 2014
Vivek Nigam
bdNOG1
[19 May 2014]
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2. Overview
• How are policies
developed?
• Why is policy
development
important?
• Policy updates
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“Function as the
Regional Internet
Registry for the Asia
Pacific, in the service
of the community of
Members and others”

3. How Are Policies Developed?
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Open, transparent, bottom-up
Consensus based
Policy SIG mailing list

4. Policy Cycle
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5. Why is Policy
Development Important?
• Fair and consistent distribution of
Internet Number resources
• Anyone can participate in how
Internet number resources are
managed
– How much Internet number resources
you can get
– How IP addresses are transferred
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Policy SIG Charter:
Develop policies and
procedures which
relate to the
management and
use of Internet
address resources
by APNIC, NIRs and
ISPs within the Asia
Pacific region

6. Policy Development
• APNIC Policy Development Process
www.apnic.net/policy/policy-development
• SIG Guidelines
www.apnic.net/community/sigs/sig-guidelines
• Mailing list archive
mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy
• Mailing list subscription
mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy
• Mail to list
sig-policy@apnic.net
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7. Recently Implemented Policies
Implemented
• prop-108: Suggested changes to the APNIC Policy
Development Process
- Changes the duration of comment period from 8 weeks to
no shorter then 4 weeks but no longer then 8 weeks
• prop-107: AS Number transfer policy proposal
- Permits the transfer of Autonomous System Numbers
(ASNs)
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8. Recently Implemented Policies
• prop-109: Allocate 1.0.0.0/24 and 1.1.1.0/24 to APNIC Labs
as Research Prefixes
- Allocate 1.0.0.0/24 and 1.1.1.0/24 to APNIC Labs as
Research Prefixes to be used as passive traffic collectors
Pending Implementation
• prop-105: Distribution of returned IPv4 address
(Modification of prop-088)
- Permits the delegation of an additional /22 IPv4 address to
APNIC account holders
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9. Policy Proposals at APNIC 37
• prop-111: Request-based expansion of IPv6 default
allocation size
– Proposal did not reach consensus at the Policy SIG and was
returned to the author for further development
• prop-110: Designate 1.2.3.0/24 as Anycast to support DNS
Infrastructure
– The proposal reached consensus at the Policy SIG, but failed to
reach consensus at the AMM
• Returned to mailing list for further consideration, but later withdrawn by the author
and abandoned
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10. You’re Invited!
• APNIC 38: Brisbane, Australia, 9-19 Sep 2014
• APRICOT 2015: Fukuoka, Japan, 24 Feb-6 Mar 2015
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11. THANK YOU
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