Dear All, I strongly support this proposal.Thanks to the proposers for submitting it. Regards, Ajai Kumar
On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 03:32, Bertrand Cherrier <b.cherr...@micrologic.nc> wrote: > Dear SIG members, > > A new version of the proposal "prop-141-v002: Change maximum delegation > size of IPv4 address from 512 ( /23 ) to 768 (/23+/24) addresses" has > been sent to the Policy SIG for review. > > It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 52 > on Thursday, 16 September 2021. > > https://conference.apnic.net/52/program/schedule/#/day/4 > > We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing > list before the OPM. > > The comment period on the mailing list before the OPM is an important > part of the Policy Development Process (PDP). We encourage you to > express your views on the proposal: > > - Do you support or oppose this proposal? > - Does this proposal solve a problem you are experiencing? If so, > tell the community about your situation. > - Do you see any disadvantages in this proposal? > - Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear? > - What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective? > > Information about earlier versions is available at: > > http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-141 > > Regards, > Bertrand and Ching-Heng > APNIC Policy SIG Chairs > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > prop-141-v002: Change maximum delegation size of IPv4 address from 512 ( > /23 ) to 768 (/23+/24) addresses. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Proposer: Simon Sohel Baroi (sba...@gmail.com) > Aftab Siddiqui (aftab.siddi...@gmail.com) > > > 1. Problem statement > -------------------- > According to the APNIC IPv4 Address > Report,(https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/ipv4-exhaustion/ ) the available > and reserve pool size is as follows: > > Available Pool : IP Address 3,782,144 | 14,774 Of /24 > Reserved Pool : IP Address 1,831,680 | 7,155 Of /24 > > If APNIC continues to delegate IPv4 in size of /23 with the average > growth rate of 145 x /23 delegations per > month the pool will be exhausted around Aug/Sep 2027. Which means the > huge number of IPv4 addresses will be > unused for a long time and large community members will still remain > behind the NAT box or without Internet > Connectivity. > > > 2. Objective of policy change > ----------------------------- > The current final /8 allocation policy [1] advise that the current > minimum delegation size for IPv4 is 256 (/24) > addresses and each APNIC account holder is only eligible to receive IPv4 > address delegations totaling a maximum > 512 (/23) addresses from the APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool. (6.1. > Minimum and maximum IPv4 delegations) > > This is a proposal to change the maximum size of IPv4 address > delegations from the available IPv4 address pool to > a totaling of 768 (/23+/24) addresses. This proposal also indicates how > APNIC will distribute the IPv4 resources > systematically when the available pool size reduces. > > Increasing the maximum IPv4 delegation size from /23 to /23+/24 IPv4 > address pool will allow Newcomers and also > Existing APNIC account holders who only received /23 after Thursday, 28 > February 2019 to receive 256 (/24) IPv4 > addresses. > > > 3. Situation in other regions > ----------------------------- > There is no similar policy in place in other RIR regions. > > > 4. Proposed policy solution > --------------------------- > It is recommended to increase the IPv4 address delegation size from 512 > max (/23) to 768 (/23 + /24). The address > space can now be allocated from the available 103/8 last /8 block and/or > from non 103/8 recovered address blocks. > This policy will continue until the available + reserved comes down to > less than 900,000 IPv4 addresses i.e. > < 3515x/24, once reaching this threshold the maximum delegation size > will revert back to 512 IPv4 addresses (/23) > and will continue to do so until the available + reserved block comes > down to 256,000 IPv4 addresses i.e 1000x/24 > then the delegation size will further reduce to 256 IPv4 addresses i.e. > /24. The very first time the reserved and > available pool goes below 190,000 IPv4 addresses then the IPv4 reserved > pool (APNIC-127 Section 5.1.1) for Future > Use of /16 (i.e. 256 x /24s) will be added to the available pool. > > Thresholds for IPv4 addresses (Available + Reserved): > > - More than 900,000 IPv4 addresses: Delegation /23 + /24 > - Less than 900,000 IPv4 addresses AND More than 256,000 IPv4 addresses: > Delegation /23 > - Less than 256,000 IPv4 addresses: Delegation /24 > - Less than 190,000 IPv4 addresses - add APNIC-127 5.1.1 Reserved /16 to > available pool: Delegation /24 > > > It is proposed to modify the section 6.1 maximum IPv4 delegations of the > APNIC Internet Number Resource Policies > [1] accordingly. > > Current Policy text : > > Since Thursday, 28 February 2019, each APNIC account holder is only > eligible to receive IPv4 address delegations > totalling a maximum /23 from the APNIC 103/8 IPv4 address pool. > > New Policy text : > > New APNIC account holder is only eligible to receive IPv4 address > delegations totaling a maximum 768 (/23+/24) from > the APNIC available IPv4 address pool. > > Existing APNIC account holders (since Thursday, 28 February 2019), who > only have /23 can apply for another /24 maintaining > the criteria matched with section 7.0. > > If the available IPv4 Pool size, which consists of available and reserve > pool goes below 900,000 addresses (3515, /24s > after last delegation), the delegation size will automatically become > 512 (/23) IPv4 addresses. > > If the available IPv4 Pool size, which consists of available and > reserve, reaches 256,000 IPv4 addresses (i.e. 1000 /24s > after last delegation), the delegation size will be reduced to 256 (/24) > IPv4 addresses. The very first time the reserved > and available pool goes below 190,000 IPv4 addresses then the IPv4 > reserved pool of /16 (256 /24s) will be added to the > available pool (APNIC-127 Section 5.1.1). > > At any point, if APNIC receives a large block of recovered/returned/etc > IPv4 address space increasing the total available > address space and moved into the previous threshold then the delegation > size will revert back to previous delegation size > as well. Also, all delegations at this stage have to be made > retrospectively i.e. any member who received smaller delegation > size will be eligible to receive more IPv4 addresses as per this policy, > based on their usage criteria matched with > section 7.0 and availability of addresses. > > > > 5. Advantages / Disadvantages > ----------------------------- > Advantages: > - This proposal will ensure smooth allocation of IPv4 addresses to > existing and new APNIC members. > > Disadvantages: > - This might add up to 10,000 /24s into the global routing table i.e. > 1.2% increase. The current growth rate without this > policy is approximately 7% every year. > > > 6. Impact on resource holders > ----------------------------- > The Organization who became an APNIC member after Thursday, 28 February > 2019 and received only /23, can receive another > /24 IPv4 Resources. > > > 7. References > ------------- > [1] Section 6.1. "Minimum and maximum IPv4 delegations" of "Policies for > IPv4 address > space management in the Asia Pacific region" > > https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/resources#6.1.-Minimum-and-maximum-IPv4-delegations > > -- > Cordialement, > ___________________________________________ > Bertrand Cherrier > Administration Systèmes - R&D > Micro Logic Systems > https://www.mls.nc > Tél : +687 24 99 24 > VoIP : 65 24 99 24 > SAV : +687 36 67 76 (58F/min) > > * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy > * > _______________________________________________ > sig-policy mailing list > sig-policy@lists.apnic.net > https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy -- (M) +91-9868477444 Skype ID:erajay P-mail: joinajay1 at gmail.com ................................. Please don't print this email unless you really need to. This will preserve trees on our planet.
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