Policies for historical Internet resources in the APNIC Whois Database
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Title: Policies for historical Internet resources
in the APNIC Whois Database
Short title: historical-resource-policies
Document ref: APNIC-116
Version: 002
Date of original publication: 19 January 2005
Date of this version: 16 February 2009
Review scheduled: n/a
Obsoletes: Previous versions
Status: Active
Comments: n/a
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Policies for historical Internet resources in the
APNIC Whois Database
Table of contents
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1 Introduction
2 Definitions
2.1 Current resources
2.2 Historical resources
3 Principles of Internet resource management
3.1 Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space
4 Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database
4.1 Procedure for updating registrations
4.2 Policies applicable to updated historical resources
5 Recovery of unused address space
6 Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources
6.1 Application of this policy is optional
6.2 Transfer procedure
6.3 Policies applicable to transferred resources
7 Historical prefix exchange policy
7.1 Criteria for exchange of non-contiguous blocks
8 Fees for historical resources
8.1 Member fees
8.2 APNIC non-member fees
1 Introduction
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This document describes the policies and procedures for the management
of historical resource registrations in the APNIC Whois Database.
2 Definitions
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2.1 Current resources
Current resources are Internet resources registered by APNIC
under explicit policies and agreements. Resources include
public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, Autonomous System numbers,
and reverse DNS delegations.
2.2 Historical resources
Historical resources are Internet resources registered under
early registry policies without formal agreements and include:
* Registrations transferred to APNIC as part of the AUNIC to
APNIC migration
Some historical resource registrations have been
inherited by APNIC from the former AUNIC address
registry. A list of resources transferred to APNIC as
part of the migration is available at:
http://www.apnic.net/db/aunic/
* Registrations transferred as part of the Early Registration
Transfer (ERX) project
Most historical registrations were initially made by
the global registries that predated ARIN, such as
DDN-NIC, SRI-NIC, and InterNIC. ARIN inherited these
registrations automatically when it was established.
Historical registrations made to organisations in the
APNIC region were transferred to APNIC during 2003
and 2004 as part of the RIRs' Early Registration
Transfer (ERX) project. A list of resources
transferred to APNIC as part of the ERX project is
available at:
http://www.apnic.net/db/erx/
* Historical APNIC resources
Historical APNIC resources were delegated to
organisations by APNIC prior to the introduction of
a membership structure. These resources have always
been registered in the APNIC Whois Database, but if
the resource holder did not become an APNIC member
at any time after the introduction of the membership
structure, the resources were not made subject to
current APNIC policies.
3 Principles of Internet resource management
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Historical resources were often delegated to organisations in a policy
environment quite different to those in use today. Historical resource
holders should be aware of the current goals of Internet resource
management. More information on the current policy environment can be
found in sections 5 and 6 of "Policies for IPv4 address space
management in the Asia Pacific region" at:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/add-manage-policy.html
This document contains additional policies which specifically apply to
historical resources.
3.1 Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space
Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space is taken into
account when any organisation holding historical IPv4 addresses
requests more IPv4 from APNIC.
4 Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database
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APNIC will protect all registrations of historical resources with the
APNIC-HM maintainer, a practice consistent with the management of
current resources.
To ensure integrity of information, APNIC will not update historical
information in the APNIC Whois Database until the resource holder
demonstrates the organisation's right to the resources and enters a
formal agreement with APNIC either as a member or non-member account
holder.
4.1 Procedure for updating registrations
To request an update to a historical resource registration,
the following steps take place:
1. The resource holder contacts APNIC.
2. APNIC verifies the organisation is the legitimate holder
of the resources.
3. APNIC updates the historical resource registration in
the APNIC Whois Database.
Detailed information on these steps is available in "Guide to
the maintenance of historical Internet resources" at:
www.apnic.net/docs/policy/historical-maintain-guide.html
Please note that resource holders will not be able to update
registration information if they fail to pay the fees
associated with their APNIC membership or non-member account.
Historical resource holders with a current APNIC account have
access to MyAPNIC, which allows organisations to manage their
resources and account information via a secure website.
4.2 Policies applicable to updated historical resources
Historical resources that are updated under this policy are
subject to the registration requirements as specified in
section 5.1.2 of "Policies for IPv4 address space management
in the Asia Pacific region".
5 Recovery of unused address space
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A significant amount of historical address space registered in the
APNIC Whois Database is not announced to the global routing table. To
recover these globally unrouted resources and place them back in the
free pool for reallocation to other networks, APNIC will contact
networks responsible for historical address space in the APNIC region
that has not been globally routed since 1 January 1998.
6 Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources
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This section describes the policies and procedures for voluntary
transfer of historical resource registrations to current APNIC account
holders.
Resources transferred under this policy will become subject to the
current APNIC policy framework.
6.1 Application of this policy is optional
If historical resources are transferred to an APNIC member,
there is the option to make the transfer under the conditions
described in this policy.
Transfers of Internet resources to current APNIC account
holders are purely optional. For information on the different
types of transfers available, please see "Guide to the
transfer of historical Internet resources".
6.2 Transfer procedure
All transfers of historical resources to current APNIC
account holders made under this policy are recognised and
registered by APNIC. APNIC does not require any technical
review or approval of the resource's current use to approve
the transfer. In addition, APNIC does not review any
agreements between the parties to a transfer and does not
exert any control over the type of agreement between the
parties.
To transfer historical resources, the following steps take
place:
1. The APNIC member submits the Historical transfer
application form.
2. APNIC verifies the existing holder of the resources.
3. The existing holder of the resources provides
documents confirming the transfer to the APNIC member.
4. APNIC transfers the resources to the APNIC member's
account.
Detailed information on these steps is available in "Guide
to the transfer of historical Internet resources" at:
www.apnic.net/docs/policy/historical-transfer-guide.html
6.3 Policies applicable to transferred resources
All resources transferred under this policy are subject to
the provisions of all normal address management policies.
In particular, future address requests from the member must
document the use of transferred resources as a part of the
member's current resource holdings.
7 Historical prefix exchange policy
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Many networks hold noncontiguous historical address ranges that must
be announced separately to the global routing table. To help reduce
the size of the global routing table, APNIC will exchange
noncontiguous portable historical address ranges registered in the
APNIC Whois Database for a single portable CIDR range of equal length
or one bit shorter. For example, a network could exchange three
noncontiguous /24 address blocks for a contiguous /22 address block.
APNIC will not ask any questions about the utilisation of the address
ranges to be exchanged.
APNIC account holders and organisations with no existing relationship
with APNIC can take advantage this policy.
7.1 Criteria for exchange of noncontiguous blocks
To exchange of noncontiguous address blocks, a network must
meet the following criteria:
* at least three address ranges must be returned that are
routed separately;
* all address ranges returned must be portable allocations
or portable assignments;
* APNIC can verify the network is the legitimate holder of
the address ranges; and
* the network operates in the Asia Pacific area.
Networks wishing to exchange noncontiguous address blocks
should use the Provider Independent IP address return form
at:
http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/address-return-request
8 Fees for historical resources
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Historical resources are not subject to any APNIC fees unless the
resource registrations were updated under the policies described in
sections 4 and 6, "Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois
Database" and "Policies for the transfer of historical Internet
resources". More information on administrative fees relevant to the
policies described in section 4 and 6 are described in detail below.
8.1 Member fees
APNIC members will not be charged any fees outside the
existing membership fee structure to maintain historical
resources under the policy "Protecting historical records in
the APNIC Whois Database" described in section 4.
Historical resources transferred to an APNIC member under the
"Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources"
described in section 6 will be considered when assessing the
APNIC membership tier at the time of the member's annual
renewal.
8.2 APNIC non-member fees
Current APNIC non-member account holders and organisations
that do not have a relationship with APNIC will be subject to
fees associated with historical resources in the following
situations:
1. Resources are transferred to a different organisation
under the "Policies for the transfer of historical
Internet resources" described in section 6.
* Historical resources will then be subject to the
normal member or non-member fee structure.
2. An APNIC non-member account holder or custodian with no
current account with APNIC requests historical
registrations to be updated under the policy "Protecting
historical records in the APNIC Whois Database" described
in section 4.
* These historical resource holders will be subject to
a small annual account fee.
* Noncontiguous historical address ranges exchanged
under the "Historical prefix exchange policy"
described in section 7 are also subject to the annual
account fee.
For more information on APNIC member and non-member fees,
please see:
* APNIC fee schedule
http://www.apnic.net/docs/corpdocs/member-fee-schedule.html
* APNIC non-member fee schedule
http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/non-member-fees
