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Update on Resource Transfers in the APNIC Region

LACNIC 30Rosario, ArgentinaGeorge Kuo

APNIC

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“A global, open, stable and secure

Internet that serves the entire Asia

Pacific community”

Overview• Resource transfers

⎯ IPv4 market transfer vs merger & acquisition

• Transfer policies⎯ IPv4 supply, needs based and resource registrations

• Transfer support

• Transfer activities

APNIC IPv4 (market) transfer policies

Feb 2010

Nov 2011

Aug 2011

Apr 2011

Nov 2017

IPv4 transfer within APNIC region (prop 50, v5)

Inter RIR IPv4 transfer (prop 95, v3)

Demonstrated need in transfer policy (prop 96, v1)

Prohibit transfer of IPv4 in the final /8 (prop 116, v5)

Delegation of final /8 starts

Useful information for IPv4 transfers• The party/parties in the APNIC region must hold an APNIC account

⎯ Check the APNIC whois and member list⎯ If in doubt, contact APNIC Helpdesk

• Be aware of the needs base transfer policy⎯ The recipient in the APNIC region is recommended to submit a ”pre-approval”⎯ Provide the same justification as if requesting IPv4 from APNIC

• For inter RIR transfers, currently with ARIN and RIPE only⎯ The source should initiate a transfer request to its RIR

• Transfer fee applies⎯ For transfers within APNIC region, the recipient pays⎯ For inter RIR transfers, the APNIC account holder pays⎯ 20% of the annual fee for the IPv4 transferred

APNIC transfer support• Listing service

⎯ Help to reach potential recipients⎯ www.apnic.net/pre-approval-listing

• Transfer mailing list⎯ apnic-transfers@apnci.net

• IPv4 broker listing⎯ https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/manage-resources/transfer-

resources/transfer-facilitators/

Transfer activities• Transfer trend has been stable since 2014, around 30-40

transfers processed monthly• Most market transfer activities are within the APNIC region • Most inter RIR market transfers are coming in from ARIN region,

started in 2013. Transfers from RIPE region started in 2016• As of July 2018, around 17.8 millions IPv4 addresses are

transferred in vs 384,000 addresses are transferred out of the APNIC region

• All transfers on last /8 with less than 5 years holding are prohibited

IPv4 addresses transferred (/24)

As at 31 Jul

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20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

M & A transfers Market transfers

IPv4 market transfers processed

As at 31 Jul

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Prediction Between RIR Regions Within APNIC Region

IPv4 (/24) transferred from RIPE and ARIN

As at 31 Jul

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5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Transfers from RIPETransfers from ARIN

IPv4 (/24) transferred to RIPE and ARIN

As at 31 Jul

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Transfers to RIPETransfers to ARIN

References• www.apnic.net/policy• www.apnic.net/transfer• www.apnic.net/pre-approval-listing• www.apnic.net/fees-calculator• www.apnic.net/members• www.apnic.net/helpdesk• https://cgi1.apnic.net/assets/apnic/js/apps/transfers-new/Inter-RIR-Transfer-Template.txt

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