________________________________________________________________________ prop-081-v001: Eligibility for assignments from the final /8 ________________________________________________________________________ Authors: Terence Zhang Yinghao Jane Zhang Wendy Zhao Wei Version: 1 Date: 1 February 2010 1. Introduction ---------------- This policy proposal seeks to supplement the final /8 policy, by making it possible for account holders to receive assignments from the final /8 space. In the spirit of the current final /8 policy [1], this proposal ensures each account holder is only eligible to receive one single allocation OR assignment from the final /8 space. 2. Summary of the current problem ---------------------------------- The current final /8 policy [1], only permits allocations to account holders to be made. This means that during the final /8 phase, it will be impossible to make IPv4 addresses assignments to end users under multihoming, Internet Exchange Point (IXP) and Critical infrastructure policies. 3. Situation in other RIRs --------------------------- AfriNIC has a policy proposal under discussion that permits assignments as well as allocations to be made from AfriNIC's last /8 from IANA: AFPUB-2009-v4-003: IPv4 Soft Landing Policy http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-v4-003.htm ARIN has adopted a policy that permits both assignments and allocations to be made from a /10 block reserved from ARIN's final /8 from IANA: 2008-5: Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_5.html RIPE has similar policy proposal under discussion that permits assignments as well as allocations to be made from RIPE's last /8 from IANA: 2009-04: IPv4 Allocation and Assignments to Facilitate IPv6 Deployment http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-04.html LACNIC currently has no similar policy or proposal. 4. Details ----------- It is proposed that each APNIC account holder will be eligible to request and receive a single assignment from the remaining /8 worth of space, with the following conditions: 1. Each assignment will consist of the minimum IPv4 assignment size. In the case of multihoming assignments, which under current policy have no minimum size, the minimum size is proposed to match that of IXP and Critical infrastructure assignments. 2. The account holder must meet the criteria for receiving an IPv4 portable assignment specified in one of the following policies specified in "Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region"[2]: - Small multihoming assignments - Internet Exchange Points - Critical infrastructure 3. All APNIC account holders are eligible to receive only one allocation OR assignment from the final /8 worth of address space. This applies to both current and future account holders. 5. Pros/Cons ------------- 5.1 Advantages - This proposal makes it consistent in dealing with IPv4 addresses allocation and assignment in the final /8 phase. 5.2 Disadvantages - None. 6. Effect on APNIC Members --------------------------- APNIC account holders may receive IPv4 addresses assignments from the final /8. 7. Effect on NIRs ------------------ Same as effect on APNIC Members. 8. References ------------- [1] See section 9.10, "Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region" http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy.html#9.10 [2] See section 11, "Assignments and exchanges" in "Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region" http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy.html#11