Policy proposals

To be discussed at APNIC 48

prop-124: Clarification on Sub-Assignments
prop-126: PDP Update
prop-130: Modification of transfer policies
prop-131: Editorial changes in IPv6 Policy
prop-132: RPKI ROAs for unallocated and unassigned APNIC address space (was: AS0 for Bogons)

Translated summaries of the proposals

The policy proposals to be discussed at APNIC 48 have been translated into the following languages.

Proposals to be discussed
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On behalf of the APNIC community we would like to acknowledge the proposal authors for their contribution to
the bottom-up policy development process.

Implemented

Proposal Number	Proposal Title	Author/s	Proposed Year	Conference	Implemented Year
prop-129	Abolish Waiting list for unmet IPv4 requests	Aftab Siddiqui	2019	APNIC 47	2019
prop-128	Multihoming not required for ASN	Jordi Palet Martínez	2019	APNIC 47	2019
prop-125	Validation of “abuse-mailbox” and other IRT emails	Jordi Palet Martínez and Aftab Siddiqui	2018	APNIC 46	2019
prop-127	Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 IPv4 address pool to a /23	Ching-Heng Ku, Aftab Siddiqui, Yen-Chieh Wang	2019	APNIC 47	2019
prop-122	Updating “Subsequent IPv6 allocation” policy	Jordi Palet Martínez	2017	APNIC 44	2017
prop-121	Updating “Initial IPv6 allocation” policy	Jordi Palet Martínez	2017	APNIC 44	2017
prop-117	Returned IPv4 address management and Final /8 exhaustion	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2017	APNIC 43	2017
prop-116	Prohibit to transfer IPv4 addresses in the final /8 block	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2016	APNIC 42	2017
prop-114	Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria	Aftab Siddiqui, Skeeve Stevens	2015	APNIC 39	2016
prop-113	Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria	Aftab Siddiqui, Skeeve Stevens	2015	APNIC 39	2016
prop-109	Allocate 1.0.0.0/24 and 1.1.1.0/24 to APNIC Labs as Research Prefixes	Geoff Huston	2014	APNIC 37	2014
prop-108	Suggested changes to the APNIC Policy Development Process	Dean Pemberton, Izumi Okutani	2013	APNIC 36	2014
prop-107	AS number transfer policy proposal	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2013	APNIC 36	2014
prop-105	Distribution of returned IPv4 address (Modification of prop-088)	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2013	APNIC 35	2014
prop-104	Clarifying demonstrated needs requirement in IPv4 transfer policy	Shin SHIRAHATA, Norisuke HIRAI, Akira NAKAGAWA	2012	APNIC 34	2013
prop-102	Sparse allocation guidelines for IPv6 resource allocations	Dean Pemberton, Ren-Hung Hwang	2012	APNIC 33	2012
prop-101	Removing multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments	David Woodgate	2012	APNIC 33	2013
prop-097	Global policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA	Alejandro Acosta, Nicolas Antoniello, S. Moonesamy, Douglas Onyango, Medel Ramirez, Masato Yamanishi	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-096	Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in transfer policy after the final /8 phase	Tomohiro Fujisaki, Co-authors Masaru Akai, Fuminori Tanizaki, Toshio Tachibana, Akira Nakagawa	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-095	Inter-RIR IPv4 address transfer proposal	Tomohiro Fujisaki, CO AUTHOR: Fuminori Tanizaki, Masaru Akai, Toshio Tachibana, Akira Nakagaw	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-094	Removing renumbering requirement from final /8 policy	Izumi Okutani, Terence Zhang Yinghao	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-093	Reducing the minimum delegation size for the final /8 policy	Randy Bush, Andy Linton, Philip Smith, Terence Zhang Yinghao	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-088	Distribution of IPv4 addresses once the final /8 period starts	Randy Bush, Philip Smith	2010	APNIC 31	2011
prop-083	Alternative criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations	Skeeve Stevens	2010	APNIC 29	2011
prop-082	Removing aggregation criteria for IPv6 initial allocations	Tomohiro Fujisaki, Akira Nakagawa ,Fuminori Tanizaki, Masaru Akai , Toshio Tachibana	2010	APNIC 29	2010
prop-080	Removal of IPv4 prefix exchange policy	Guangliang Pan	2010	APNIC 29	2010
prop-079	Abuse contact information	Tobias Knecht	2010	APNIC 29	2010
prop-075	Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers	Guangliang Pan	2009	APNIC 28	2010
prop-074	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks (ASNs) to Regional Internet Registries Ratified by the ICANN Board Executive Committee and implemented by the IANA	Andrew de la Haye, Stacy Hughes	2009	APNIC 28	2009
prop-073	Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC members with existing IPv4 addresses	Terry Manderson,Andy Linton	2009	APNIC 28	2010
prop-066	Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources	Brenda D. Tarimel, Philip Smith, James Spenceley	2008	APNIC 26	2009
prop-065	Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS numbers	James Spenceley	2008	APNIC 26	2008
prop-064	Change to assignment policy for AS numbers	James Spenceley	2008	APNIC 26	2009
prop-062	Use of final /8	Philip Smith, Jonny Martin, Randy Bush	2008	APNIC 26	2009
prop-061	32-bit ASNs for documentation purposes	Philip Smith, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Tomoya Yoshida	2008	APNIC 26	2008
prop-057	Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria	Toshiyuki Hosaka, Izumi Okutani	2008	APNIC 25	2008
prop-055	Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space	Roque Gagliano, ANTEL, Francisco Obispo, CENIT, Haitham EL Nakhal, MCIT, Didier Allain Kla, ISOC Cote d’Ivoire, JPNIC IPv4 countdown policy team: Akinori Maemura, Akira Nakagawa, Izumi Okutani, Kosuke Ito, Kuniaki Kondo, Shuji Nakamura, Susumu Sato, Takashi Arano, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Tomoya Yoshida, Toshiyuki Hosaka	2008	APNIC 25	2009
prop-054	NIR operational policy document revision	Sanjaya, Terry Manderson	2008	APNIC 25	2008
prop-053	Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22	Rajesh Chharia	2008	APNIC 25	2008
prop-050	IPv4 address transfers	Geoff Huston, Philip Smith	2007	APNIC 24	2010
prop-049	IANA policy for allocation of ASN blocks to RIRs	AfriNIC, APNIC,ARIN,LACNIC,RIPE NCC	2007	APNIC 24	2007
prop-041	IPv6 assignment size to critical infrastructure	APNIC	2006	APNIC 22	2006
prop-038	Amending APNIC’s lame DNS reverse delegation policy	Terry Manderson	2006	APNIC 22	2007
prop-035	IPv6 portable assignment for multihoming	Katsuyasu Toyama, Takashi Arano, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Toshinori Ishii, Kosuke Ito, Dai Nishino, Noriaktsu Ohishi, Izumi Okutani	2006	APNIC 22	2007
prop-033	End site assignment policy for IPv6	Geoff Huston, Randy Bush	2006	APNIC 22	2007
prop-032	4-byte AS number policy proposal Adopted by all RIRs	Geoff Huston	2005	APNIC 21	2007
prop-031	Proposal to amend APNIC IPv6 assignment and utilisation requirement policy	Stephan Millet, Geoff Huston	2005	APNIC 20	2007
prop-030	Deprecation of ip6.int reverse DNS service in APNIC	Sanjaya	2005	APNIC 20	2006
prop-027	The second phase of Large Space IPv4 Trial Usage Program for Future IPv6 Deployment	Kosuke Ito, Yoshiyuki Ezura, Tsukasa Ogino, Gaku Hashimoto	2005	APNIC 19	2005
prop-026	APNIC to publish address assignment statistics	Toshiyuki Hosaka	2005	APNIC 19	2005
prop-025	Proposal on IPv6 IRR service at APNIC	Toyama Katsuyasu	2004	APNIC 18	2006
prop-022	A proposal to abolish redundant charges in IPv6 allocations	Izumi Okutani	2004	APNIC 18	2005
prop-021	Expansion of the initial allocation space for existing IPv6 address space holders	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2004	APNIC 18	2005
prop-018	Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database	APNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2004
prop-017	Recovery of unused address space	APNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2005
prop-016	IPv6 allocations to IPv4 networks	APNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2004
prop-015	Should APNIC allocate global unicast IPv6 address space to ‘unconnected’ networks?	APNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2004
prop-014	A proposal to lower the IPv4 minimum allocation size and initial allocation criteria in the Asia Pacific region	APNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2004
prop-012	Improving reliability of IRR database	Masasi Eto	2003	APNIC 16	2003
prop-011	IXP assignments Consensus elements of proposal were implemented	Bill Woodcock	2003	APNIC 16	2004
prop-010	Protecting resource records in APNIC Whois Database	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2004
prop-008	IANA IPv4 resource request procedures Adopted by all RIRs	Randy Bush	2003	APNIC 16	2003
prop-007	Privacy of customer assignment records	Joint RIRs	2003	APNIC 16	2005
prop-006	Supporting historical resource transfers	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2004
prop-005	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) policy for allocation of IPv6 blocks to Regional Internet Registries Adopted by all RIRs	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2004
prop-004	Lame delegation cleanup revised	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2006
prop-002	Documentation policy	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2004
prop-001	Policy process modification	APNIC	2003	APNIC 16	2003

On behalf of the APNIC community we would like to acknowledge the proposal authors for their contribution to
the bottom-up policy development process.

Abandoned and Withdrawn

Proposal Number	Proposal Title	Author/s	Proposed Year	Conference	Abandoned Year
prop-118	No need policy in APNIC region	Heng Lu	2017	APNIC 43	2019
prop-123	Modify 103/8 IPv4 transfer policy	Alex Yang	2018	APNIC 45	2018
prop-120	Final /8 pool exhaustion plan	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2017	APNIC 44	2018
prop-119	Temporary transfers	David Hilario	2017	APNIC 44	2018
prop-115	Registration of detailed assignment information in whois DB	Ruri Hiromi, Tomohiro Fujisaki	2015	APNIC 39	2016
prop-112	On demand expansion of IPv6 address allocation size in legacy IPv6 space	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2015	APNIC 39	2015
prop-111	Request-based expansion of IPv6 default allocation size	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2014	APNIC 37	2014
prop-110	Designate 1.2.3.0/24 as Anycast to support DNS Infrastructure	Dean Pemberton, Geoff Huston	2014	APNIC 37	2014
prop-106	Restricting excessive IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 block	Shin SHIRAHATA, Tomohiro Fujisaki	2013	APNIC 35	2013
prop-103	A Final IP Address Policy Proposal	Randy Bush	2012	APNIC 34	2012
prop-100	National IP Address Plan – Allocation of country-wide IP address blocks	Rakesh Mohan Agarwal	2011	APNIC 32	2012
prop-099	IPv6 Reservation for Large Networks	Xing Li, Song Jiang, Xiaomin Zhou, Haijin Li	2011	APNIC 32	2012
prop-098	Optimizing IPv6 allocation strategies (simplified)	Owen DeLong	2011	APNIC 32	2012
prop-092	Distribution of additional APNIC IPv4 address ranges after IANA exhaustion	David Woodgate	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-091	Limiting of final /8 policy to specific /9	David Woodgate	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-090	Optimizing IPv6 allocation strategies	Owen DeLong	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-089	Additional criterion for final /8 allocations (and assignments)	David Woodhouse	2011	APNIC 31	2011
prop-087	IPv6 address allocation for deployment purposes	Tomohiro Fujisaki	2010	APNIC 30	2011
prop-086	Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion	Steve Bertrand, Chris Grundemann, Aaron Hughes, Louie Lee, Matt Pounsett, Jason Schiller	2010	APNIC 30	2011
prop-085	Eligibility for critical infrastructure assignments from the final /8	Terence Zhang Yinghao, Wendy Zhao Wei	2010	APNIC 30	2011
prop-084	Frequent whois information update request	Tobias Knecht	2010	APNIC 30	2011
prop-081	Eligibility for assignments from the final /8	Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei	2010	APNIC 29	2010
prop-078	Reserving /10 IPv4 address space to facilitate IPv6 deployment	Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei	2009	APNIC 28	2010
prop-077	Proposal to supplement transfer policy of historical IPv4 addresses	Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei	2009	APNIC 28	2010
prop-076	Requiring aggregation for IPv6 subsequent allocations	Tomohiro Fujisaki,Akira Nakagawa, Toshio Tachibana, Fuminori Tanizaki	2009	APNIC 28	2010
prop-072	Reapplication limits when transferring address space	Philip Smith	2009	APNIC 28	2009
prop-071	Justifying receiving IPv4 address space	Philip Smith	2009	APNIC 28	2009
prop-070	Maximum IPv4 allocation size	James Spenceley, Jonny Martin	2009	APNIC 27	2009
prop-069	Global policy proposal for the allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries	Adiel A. Akplogan, AfriNIC Raul Echeberria, LACNIC, Maemura Akinori, APNIC, Geoff Huston, APNIC, Axel Pawlik, RIPE NCC, Ray Plzak, ARIN, Oscar A. Robles-Garay, LACNIC, Nigel Titley, RIPE NCC, Paul Wilson, APNIC	2009	APNIC 27	2011
prop-068	Inter-RIR transfer policy	Geoff Huston	2009	APNIC 27	2009
prop-067	A simple transfer proposal	Randy Bush, Philip Smith	2008	APNIC 27	2009
prop-063	Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six months	Philip Smith, Randy Bush, Jonny Martin	2008	APNIC 26	2009
prop-060	Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region	Kusumba Sridhar	2008	APNIC 26	2008
prop-059	Using the Resource Public Key Infrastructure to construct validated IRR data	Randy Bush	2008	APNIC 26	2008
prop-058	Proposal to create IPv4 shared use address space among LIRs	Shirou Niinobe, Takeshi Tomochika, Jiro Yamaguchi, Dai Nishino, Hiroyuki Ashida, Akira Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Hosaka	2008	APNIC 25	2008
prop-056	IPv4 Soft Landing	David Conrad	2008	APNIC 25	2008
prop-052	Cooperative distribution of the end of the IPv4 free pool	Tony Hain	2007	APNIC 25	2008
prop-051	Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space	Roque Gagliano , ANTEL, Francisco Obispo, CENIT, Haitham EL Nakhal, MCIT, Didier Allain Kla, ISOC Cote d’Ivoire	2007	APNIC 24	2007
prop-048	IPv6 ULA-central	Jordi Palet Martinez	2007	APNIC 24	2007
prop-047	eGLOP multicast address assignments	Marshall Eubanks, David Meyer	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-046	IPv4 countdown policy proposal	JPNIC IPv4 countdown policy team	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-045	Proposal to modify “end site” definition and allow end sites to receive IPv6 allocations	Jordi Palet Martinez	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-044	Proposal to remove requirement to document need for multiple /48s assigned to a single end site	Jordi Palet Martinez	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-043	Proposal to remove reference to IPv6 policy document as an “interim” policy document	Jordi Palet Martinez	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-042	Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria	Jordi Palet Martinez	2007	APNIC 23	2007
prop-040	Proposal for APNIC non-member annual service fee	APNIC	2006	APNIC 22	2006
prop-039	A proposal to improve reachability of new IANA blocks	Tomoya Yoshida	2006	APNIC 22	2006
prop-037	Deprecation of email updates for APNIC Registry and whois data	Terry Manderson	2006	APNIC 22	2007
prop-036	Proposal to modify allocation criteria in the “IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy”	Jordi Palet Martinez	2006	APNIC 22	2006
prop-034	IPv6 portable assignment for end user organisations	Jordi Palet Martinez	2006	APNIC 22	2006
prop-029	Proposal for discrete networks and national peering	Uchenna N Ibekwe, Vu, Baokhanh N (Beth), Jason Schiller	2005	APNIC 20	2005
prop-028	Abolishing IPv6 per address fee for NIRs	NIR fee WG	2005	APNIC 19	2005
prop-024	Changing NIR fee structure	Toshiyuki Hosaka	2004	APNIC 18	2004
prop-023	A proposal to prevent the routing of “dark” address space	Gordon Bader	2004	APNIC 18	2004
prop-020	Application of the HD ratio to IPv4	APNIC	2004	APNIC 18	2006
prop-019	A proposal for whois database query	Jeng-jr Li	2004	APNIC 21	2006
prop-013	LIRs to manage multiple discreet networks under a single APNIC membership	Dawn Martin	2003	APNIC 17	2003
prop-009	Delegation of 2.0.0.2.ip6.arpa Synopsis	Randy Bush	2003	APNIC 16	2003
prop-003	Policy for mirroring on IRR	JPNIC	2004	APNIC 17	2005