[Apnic-announce] Upcoming APNIC policy implementations

[Sam Dickinson <sam@apnic.net>]

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Upcoming APNIC policy implementations
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On 4 August 2008, APNIC will implement three policy proposals that
reached consensus at APNIC 25 in Taipei, Taiwan in February 2008. The
APNIC Executive Council (EC) endorsed the proposals during their May
2008 meeting. The three policy changes are:

    - Changing the minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22

      This change will make it easier for small ISPs to receive direct
      allocations from APNIC.


    - Adding an alternative IPv6 initial allocation criteria

      This change will make it easier for more ISPs to receive IPv6
      allocations from APNIC by enabling current LIRs with IPv4
      allocations to receive IPv6 initial allocations without a plan  
for
      making 200 assignments.

    - Revising the reverse DNS zone delegation section of "Operational
      policies for National Internet Registries in the APNIC region"

      This change updates the document to include a reference to IPv6
      reverse delegations and aligns reverse DNS methods for NIRs with
      reverse DNS methods available to other APNIC members.


To view the history of these policy proposals, see:

    prop-053: Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22
    http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-053-v003.html

    prop-057: Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria
    http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-057-v002.html

    prop-054: NIR operational policy document revision
    http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-054-v001.html


Regards
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Samantha Dickinson                     email:           sam@apnic.net
Policy Development Manager, APNIC        sip:      sam@voip.apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                   phone:         +61 7 3858 3100