Proposal prop-005: IPv6 address space management

Synopsis

This is a proposal that the IANA allocate IPv6 space to RIRs (including new RIRs) in prefix units no less than /8 and that the RIRs may practice 'sparse allocations' within the allocated blocks and that the practice of reserving a /29 is discontinued.

Summary
Proposal reference	prop-005-v001
Current status	Endorsed in principle by the APNIC Executive Council (EC).
Discussion document	A follow up to RIPE-261: Requesting larger IPv6 allocations from IANA and practicing 'sparse allocations'
Author	APNIC Secretariat
Relevant forum	Address policy SIG
Mailing list	sig-policy

Proposal history

Activity	Date	Status
Posting to mailing list	22 July 2003	Announced
Presentation at APNIC meeting	20 August 2003	Approved in principle at APNIC 16 Presentation [ppt \| pdf] Address policy minutes [html] AMM minutes [html]
Comment period on mailing list	25 September 2003	Announced Closed 20 November 2003
EC discussion	24 December 2003	The EC recognised the consensus from the original meeting, but agreed that the decision could not be endorsed until there had been sufficient additional coordination between the RIRs. EC minutes

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