Archive: IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy
IPv6 Policy Archive
Please note: Some versions of this document pre-date the introduction of the APNIC Policy Development Process (apnic-001-v001) in 2004.
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| apnic-089-v001 | 1 July 2002 | Archive version | This document obsoletes the Provisional IPv6 Policies in effect from 1999. The initial draft was produced by a drafting team from JPNIC and then reviewed by an editing team organized by representatives from each of the three RIRs in place at that time. |
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| apnic-089-v002 | 16 August 2004 | Archive version | View changes | Introduces changes that allow for private networks to be assigned IPv6 blocks [prop-015 – Should APNIC allocate global unicast IPv6 address space to ‘unconnected’ networks?] and for the privacy of ISP customer assignments [prop-007 – Privacy of customer assignment records]. Also adds criteria for the delegation of larger initial allocations. |
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| apnic-089-v003 | 26 May 2005 | Archive version | View changes | Adds criteria for the assignment of resources to critical infrastructure and IXPs [prop-011 – IXP assignments]. |
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| apnic-089-v004 | 15 January 2007 | Archive version | View changes | Institutes a maximum allocation limit of /32 to the Critical Infrastructure criteria [prop-041 – IPv6 assignment size to critical infrastructure]. |
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| apnic-089-v005 | 19 March 2007 | Archive version | View changes | Changes the default end-site assignment size used to calculate the HD-Ratio from /48 to /56 and changes the ratio value from 0.8 to 0.94 [prop-031 – Proposal to amend APNIC IPv6 assignment and utilisation requirement policy]. Allows LIRs to determine their own default allocation size [prop-033 – End site assignment policy for IPv6] Adds multihoming as an assignment criteria prop-035 – IPv6 portable assignment for multihoming. |
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| apnic-089-v006 | 4 August 2008 | Archive version | View changes | Changes initial allocation criteria allowing current IPv4 resource holders to receive IPv6 without a plan for making 200 assignments [prop-057 – Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria]. | |
| apnic-089-v007 | 10 February 2010 | Archive version | View changes | Allows resource holders with IPv4 addresses to automatically receive an appropriately-sized IPv6 addresss block. [prop-073 – Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC members with existing IPv4 addresses]. | |
| apnic-089-v008 | 5 July 2010 | Archive version | View changes | Implementation of [prop-082 – Removing aggregation criteria for IPv6 initial allocation] to change the aggregation requirement to a recommendation. |
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| apnic-089-v009 | 8 November 2010 | Archive version | View changes | Mandates the registration of IRT (Incident Response Team) contacts [prop-079 – Abuse contact informatio]. | |
| apnic-089-v010 | 9 August 2011 | Archive version | View changes | Implements [prop-083 – Alternative criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocation] | |
| apnic-089-v011 | 19 August 2012 | Archive version | View changes | Requires the APNIC Secretariat to document the use of its Sparse Allocation Criteria [prop-102 – Sparse allocation guidelines for IPv6 resource allocations]. |
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| apnic-089-v012 | 18 February 2013 | Archive version | View changes | Removes multihoming criteria as an absolute requirement for IPv6 assignments [prop-101 – Removing multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments]. This document was made obsolete by apnic-127 |