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A Policy Story - IPv4 Transfer TWNIC OPM 26, Taipei 14 December 2016 George Kuo, Services Director

About APNIC

•  Membership-based, not-for-profit, Regional Internet Registry (RIR)

•  Delegates and registers IP addresses and AS numbers

•  Provides services for whois, reverse DNS, resource certification (RPKI), training and technical assistance

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APNIC’s Vision

A global, open, stable and secure Internet that serves the entire Asia

Pacific community

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APNIC Activities

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Serving APNIC Members

Supporting Regional Internet Development

Cooperating with the Global Internet Community

Overview •  Resources management vs policies

•  What was the trigger and why?

•  Development of the policies

•  What’s in the policy?

•  Transfer activities

Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)

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Resources Management vs Policies •  Internet Numbers Registry

System (RFC 7020)

•  Goals of numbers distribution –  ‘Allocation pool management’ –  ‘Hierarchical allocation’ –  ‘Registration accuracy’…

•  Policies and processes developed regionally

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http://www.potaroo.net/presentations/2007-09-02-apnic-plenary-ipv4.pdf

The IPv4 Addresses are Finite…

The Inevitable Exhaustion

Concerns After IANA Pool Exhaustion •  Very limited supply vs demonstrated needs

•  Lack of policy to guide IPv4 transfers

•  Risks of resources holdings not registered correctly

IPv4

Before IANA Pool Exhaustion

✓ Whois registration

IPv4 IPv4

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✓ Policy for delegation

Concerns After IANA Pool Exhaustion

✓

IPv4

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? Whois registration Whois

registration

Policy for transfer ?

✓ Policy for delegation

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IPv4 Transfer Policy is needed to… •  Ensure current and actual status of IPv4 registrations

•  Mitigate risks brought by unregistered transfers –  Routing, addressing, network integrity

•  Allow unused IPv4 to return to active use

IPv4 Transfer Policy is needed to…

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What’s in the Transfer Policy?

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Within Asia Pacific region

LIR LIR

Policy criteria –  Minimum is a /24 –  Source addresses, registered, no

dispute, held under a current APNIC/NIR account

–  Recipients must demonstrate IPv4 needs

–  Transferred addresses subject to all current APNIC policies

What about Transfers Between Regions? •  Developing economies in the Asia Pacific need more IPv4

•  Large ‘Historical’ IPv4 space in other regions no longer in use

•  A policy framework to guide inter RIR transfers

Transfers Between RIR Regions

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Between RIR regions

RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC

Policy criteria –  Minimum is a /24 –  Source addresses, registered, no

dispute –  Recipients subject to RIR policies

•  APNIC - demonstrated needs •  ARIN - demonstrated needs •  RIPE NCC - no demonstrated needs

IPv4 Transfer Requests Approved

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As at 31 October

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 Projection

Between RIR Regions

Within APNIC Region

IPv4 Addresses Transferred

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2000000

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12000000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 Projection Between RIR Regions Within APNIC Region

As at 31 October

Number of IPv4 Transfers

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125 0 8

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653

As at 31 October

APNIC IPv4 Transfer Policies

Within Asia Pacific region

LIR LIR

Between RIR regions

RIPE NCC ARIN APNIC

AFRINIC LACNIC No compatible inter RIR transfer policies

IPv4 Transfer Policies Milestone

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Intra RIR Proposed (prop 50, v1)

26 Jul 2007 10 Feb 2010 25 Jan 2011 26 Nov 2011

Intra RIR Implemented (prop 50, v5)

Inter RIR Implemented (prop 95, v3)

9 Aug 2011

Demonstrated needs Proposed (prop 96, v1)

Demonstrated needs Implemented (prop 96, v1)

Inter RIR Proposed (prop 95, v1)

15 Apr 2011

Final /8 distribution started

Take Part in Policy Development •  Open

–  Anyone can propose policies –  Everyone can discuss policy proposals

•  Transparent –  Archives of all policy discussions and

decisions are available publicly

•  Bottom-up –  The community drives policy development

APRICOT 2017 – Register now!

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The ‘NOG’ for the Asia Pacific

2017.apricot.net/register

Coming later…

•  APNIC 44, Taichung, Taiwan –  7 to 14 September 2017

•  APRICOT 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal –  19 February to 1 March 2018

•  APNIC 46, Noumea, New Caledonia –  6 to 13 September 2018

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