Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space – Background Report 29 November 2007 * Introduction * The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an MoU between ASO/NRO and ICANN <http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou2004.html>. There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures <http://www.icann.org/general/review-procedures-pgp.html> for handling global policy proposals in this context. The Board procedures also state that the Board can request ICANN staff to undertake an "early awareness" tracking of proposals for global policies under development in the addressing community. At its meeting on 20 November 2007, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a global policy proposal for allocation of remaining IPv4 address space, currently being discussed in the Regional Internet Registries, or RIRs. The status overview presented below is compiled in response to this request and will be timely updated as developments proceed, for information to ICANN entities and the wider community. * Status Overview * The table below indicates the current status within each RIR for the foreseen Global Policy for remaining IPv4 address space. Hyperlinks are included for easy access. There are two concurrent versions of the Global Policy Proposal for Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space in the Regional Internet Registry System: * A version (1) "Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space", first presented at LACNIC X in May 2007 * A version (2) "End Policy for IANA IPv4 allocations to RIRs", first presented at APNIC 24 in September 2007 Both versions feature the same approach and propose to distribute an equal number N of /8 IPv4 address blocks to each RIR when the IANA pool is approaching exhaustion, but differ in the proposed value of N, notably 2 or 1, respectively (although originally with N proposed as 5 in the first version). Due to their similarity, both versions are being discussed in parallel in the RIRs and are regarded essentially as one proposal, with a view to converging on a value for N. The proposal will subsequently be handled by the NRO EC and the ASO AC according to their procedures before being submitted to the ICANN Board. It should be noted that other proposals have been put forward and are being discussed regarding IPv4 address space exhaustion, although only the two mentioned above have been scoped as global policy proposals in the sense of the ASO MoU, i.e. focusing on address allocation from IANA to the RIRs. RIR AfriNIC APNIC ARIN LACNIC RIPE Topic Introduced 9 July 2007 afpol-asn200707 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000774.html> (1) 29 Aug 2007 proposal <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000838.html> (2) 26 July 2007 prop-051-v001 <http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/07/msg00006.html> (1) 8 August 2007 prop-046-v002 <http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/08/msg00016.html> (2) 28 Aug 2007 prop 2007-18 <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008834.html> (1) 28 Aug 2007 prop 2007-23 <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008839.html> (2) 23 April 2007 LAC-2007-07 <http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-April/012082.html> (1) 30 July 2007 prop 2007-06 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00552.html> (1) 15 Oct 2007 prop 2007-07 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00647.html> (2) Discussion list Resource Policy Discussion List <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd> SIG-Policy <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/index.shtml> Public Policy Mailing List <http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/index.html> Politicas – Policy Mailing List <http://www.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas> Address Policy WG <http://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/address-policy-wg> Public Forum AfriNIC 7 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm> 23 - 28 Sept 2007 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm> - Slides (1) <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/27/AFRINIC7_DidierGlobalpolicy_for_the_allocation_of_the_remaining.pdf> - Slides (2) <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/27/AFRINIC7_Endpolicy_forIANA_ipv4allocation_to_rirs.pdf> APNIC 24 29 Aug – 7 Sept 2007 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/index.html> - Slides <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/el-nakhal-prop-051.pdf> (1) - Slides <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/okutani-prop-046.pdf>(2) ARIN XX <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/index.html> 17-19 Oct 2007 <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/index.html> - Slides <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/PDF/wednesday/Gagliano-2007-18.pdf> (1) - Slides <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_23.html> (2) LACNIC X 22-25 May 2007 <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/lacnicx/> - Slides <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/lac200707.pdf> (1) RIPE 55 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html> 22 - 26 Oct 2007 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html> - Podcast <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/podcast-files/address-policy2.mp3> (1+2) Final Call for Comments 13 June - 28 July 2007 <http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-June/012232.html> Next Public Forum AfriNIC 8 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/index.htm> 24 May - 6 June 2008 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/index.htm> APNIC 25 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/> 25 - 29 Feb 2008 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/> ARIN XXI <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/index.html> 6 - 9 April 2008 <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/index.html> LACNIC XI <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/> to be announced <http://lacnic.net/sp/eventos/> RIPE 56 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/index.html> 5 - 9 May 2008 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-56/index.html> RIR Board Endorsement Awaiting Board ratification Link to document afpol-asn200707 <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gp200707.htm> (1) afpol-v4ep200708 <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4ep200708.htm> (2) Proposal-051-v001 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-051-v001.html> (1) Proposal-046-v002 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-046-v002.html> (2) Policy proposal 2007-18 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_18.html> (1) 2007-23 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_23.html> (2) - English <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-en.pdf> (1) - Spanish <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-sp.pdf> (1) - Portuguese <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-07-pt.pdf> (1) Policy proposal 2007-06 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-06.html> (1) 2007-07 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-07.html> (2) Link to Policy Development Process Policy Development Process <http://www.afrinic.net/pdp.htm> Policy Development Process <http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/dev/index.html> Internet Resource Policy Evaluation <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html> Process <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html> Policy Development Process <http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/desarrollo.html> Policy Development Process <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/pdp.html> Status In discussion In discussion In discussion Awaiting adoption In discussion *Global Policy Proposal for Autonomous System Numbers – Background Report* * 29 November 2007* * Introduction * The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an MoU between ASO/NRO and ICANN <http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou2004.html>. There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures <http://www.icann.org/general/review-procedures-pgp.html> for handling global policy proposals in this context. The Board procedures also state that the Board can request ICANN staff to undertake an "early awareness" tracking of proposals for global policies under development in the addressing community. At its meeting on 20 November 2007, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a global policy proposal for allocation of Autonomous System Numbers, or ASNs, that is already well advanced towards adoption in the Regional Internet Registries, or RIRs. The status overview presented below is compiled in response to this request and will be timely updated as developments proceed, for information to ICANN entities and the wider community. * Status Overview * The table below indicates the current status within each RIR for the proposed Global Policy for ASNs. Hyperlinks are included for easy access. The proposal was originally presented at the RIPE-54 meeting in March 2007, inter alia to formalize the transition from 2-byte (16 bits) to 4-byte (32 bits) ASNs. The proposal has since been introduced in all RIRs, following their respective policy development processes. Once adopted by all RIRs, the proposal will subsequently be handled by the NRO EC and the ASO AC according to their procedures before being submitted to the ICANN Board for ratification. RIR AfriNIC APNIC ARIN LACNIC RIPE Topic Introduced 20 Aug 2007 afpol-asn200708 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000837.html> 23 July 2007 prop-049-v001 <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/07/msg00002.html> 28 Aug 2007 prop 2007-19 <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/008835.html> 15 May 2007 LAC-2007-08 <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-en.pdf> 1 May 2007 prop 2007-4 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-04.html> Discussion list Resource Policy Discussion List <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd> SIG-Policy <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/index.shtml> Public Policy Mailing List <http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/index.html> Politicas – Policy Mailing List <http://www.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/politicas> Address Policy WG <http://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/address-policy-wg> Public Forum AfriNIC 7 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm> 23 - 28 Sept 2007 <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/index.htm> - Slides <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-7/presentations/28/AFRINIC7_GlobalPolicyASN.pdf> APNIC 24 29 Aug – 7 Sept 2007 <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/index.html> - Slides <http://www.apnic.net/meetings/24/program/sigs/policy/presentations/pawlik-prop-049.pdf> ARIN XX <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XX/> 17-19 Oct 2007 <http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XX/> - Slides <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/PDF/wednesday/2007-19_Pawlik.pdf> LACNIC X 22-25 May 2007 <http://lacnic.net/en/eventos/lacnicx/> - Slides <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/lac200708.ppt> RIPE 54 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/> 7-11 May 2007 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/> - Slides <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/presentations/Global_Policy.pdf> Final Call for Comments 2 - 17 Oct 2007 <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2007/000890.html> 25 Sept – 23 Nov 2007 <http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2007/09/msg00041.html> 23 Oct - 6 Nov 2007 <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-October/009610.html> 13 June - 28 July 2007 <http://mail.lacnic.net/pipermail/politicas/2007-June/012232.html> 17 July – 14 August 2007 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2007/msg00541.html> Next Public Forum (N/A - this stage is passed for all) RIR Board Endorsement Awaiting adoption by the Board Awaiting endorsement by Executive Committee Awaiting adoption by Board of Trustees Awaiting Board ratification Final adoption by consensus on 5 September 2007. <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/policy-announce/2007/msg00032.html> Link to document Proposal afpol-asn200708 <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-asn200708.htm> Proposal-049-v001 <http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-049-v001.html> Policy proposal 2007-19 <http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2007_19.html> - In English <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-en.pdf> - In Spanish <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-sp.pdf> - In Portuguese <http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicx/LAC-2007-08-pt.pdf> Policy document RIPE-416 <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-416.html> Link to Policy Development Process Policy Development Process <http://www.afrinic.net/pdp.htm> Policy Development Process <http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/dev/index.html> Internet Resource Policy Evaluation <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html> Process <http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html> Policy Development Process <http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/desarrollo.html> Policy Development Process <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/pdp.html> Status Awaiting adoption. 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