Policy implementation and document status report

Address Policy SIG

APNIC 15, Taipei, Taiwan

27 February 2003

Overview

• Major decisions APNIC 13

• Major decisions APNIC 14

Major decisions - APNIC 13

• Common global IPv6 policy

• IPv4 registration and allocation policy guidelines

IPv6 address policy

• Description– Common global policy accepted by

ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC to replace initial IPv6 policy

• APNIC document– apnic-089 “IPv6 Address Allocation and

Assignment Policy”– Active from 1 July 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/

ipv6-address-policy.html

IPv6 address policy

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/

IPv6-FAQ.html

• Forms– IPv6 allocation request form (apnic-090)– Text only, web form pending– http://www.apnic.net/services/ipv6_guide.html

IPv4 guidelines

• Description– Outstanding recommendations of Broadband

Working Group relating to IPv4 cable requests and registration of small assignments

• APNIC document– apnic-105 “APNIC guidelines for IPv4 allocation

and assignment requests”– Active from 1 December 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ipv4-guidelines

Major decisions - APNIC 14

• Management of ASNs• Experimental allocations• Recognition of new NIRs• Operational policies for NIRs• Assignments for critical infrastructure• IPv6 range for documentation purposes• IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs• IPv6 assignments to IXPs• Deprecation of MAIL-FROM authentication

Management of ASNs

• Description– Clarifies and extends existing ASN policy - now

allows for LIRs to apply for non-portable ASNs for downstream customers

• APNIC document– apnic-094 “Policies for Autonomous System

number management in the Asia Pacific region”– Active from 19 November 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/asn-policy.html

Management of ASNs

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/as_faq.html

• Forms– Autonomous System Number Request

form (apnic-092)– Text and Web forms– http://www.apnic.net/services/

asn_guide.html

Experimental allocations

• Description– Allows assignments and allocations at low cost

for recognised experiments, subject to full public disclosure

• APNIC document– apnic-draft-experiment “Experimental allocations

policy”– Requires final call for comments– Provisionally active from 1 December 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/

apnic-draft-experiment-v001.html

Experimental allocations

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq

/experimental-allocs-faq.html

• Forms– Form pending– Enquiries to helpdesk@apnic.net

Recognition of new NIRs

• Description– Re-opening of the NIR with clear criteria for NIR

organisations, including technical & financial management, neutrality and government endorsement

• APNIC documents– apnic-104 “Criteria for the recognition of NIRs in

the APNIC region”– Active from 1 December 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/nir-criteria.html

Recognition of new NIRs

• FAQ– n/a

• Forms– APNIC NIR application form (apnic-100)– http://www.apnic.net/docs/nir-application.

pdf

Operational policies for NIRs

• Description– Operational procedures for resource

allocation by APNIC to NIRs

• APNIC document– apnic-103 “Operational policies for

National Internet Registries in the APNIC region”

– Active from 1 December 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/operatio

nal-policies-nirs.html

Assignments for critical infrastructure

• Description– Allows for assignments to defined critical

infrastructure (/24 IPv6, /32 IPv6)

• APNIC documents– (IPv4) apnic-086 “Policies for IPv4 address

space management in the Asia Pacific region”– Update active from 29 November 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/

add-manage-policy.html

– (IPv6) document pending - see FAQ

Assignments for critical infrastructure

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/critical-infra

structure-faq.html

• Forms (IPv4 & IPv6)– APNIC Portable Assignment Request

Form (apnic-098)– Text only, web form nearing completion– http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/portable-as

sign-request.txt

IPv6 range for documentation purposes

• Description– Reserves a range of IPv6 address space

to be safely used in technical documentation examples

• APNIC document– Document pending, see FAQ– Policy active from 1 December 2002

IPv6 range for documentation purposes

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ipv6-docum

entation-prefix-faq.html

• Forms– n/a

IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs

• Description– Modifies existing IPv4 policy to allow LIRs to

make non-portable sub-allocations to their customers

• APNIC document– (IPv4) apnic-086 “Policies for IPv4 address

space management in the Asia Pacific region”– Update active from 29 November 2002– http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/

add-manage-policy.html

IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs

• Guidelines to LIRs– http://www.apnic.net/services/ipv4/sub-all

oc-guide.html

• Forms– APNIC Second Opinion Request form

(apnic-097)– Text only, web form nearing completion– http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/second-opi

nion-request.txt

IPv6 assignments to IXPs

• Description– Increases IPv6 IXP assignment size from

/64 to /48

• APNIC document– Document pending - see FAQ

IPv6 assignments to IXPs

• FAQ– http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/

ixp_address_faq.html

• Forms– APNIC Portable Assignment Request

Form (apnic-098)– Text only, web form nearing completion– http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic

/docs/portable-assign-request.txt

Deprecation of MAIL-FROM authentication

• Description– Operational change to no longer allow MAIL-

FROM as an authentication method for Whois updates; DB now supports only CRYPT-PW & PGPKEY

• APNIC document & forms– n/a

• More information– http://www.apnic.net/db/ref/attributes/mntner/

auth-mntner.html

Questions