Opposed. Not in favor of moving to non-prefix aligned allocations from an RIR.
Owen > On Sep 14, 2021, at 20:37 , Bertrand Cherrier <b.cherr...@micrologic.nc> > wrote: > > Dear SIG members, > > A new version of the proposal "prop-141-v003: 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-v003: 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 even 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 512 ( /23 ) to 768 (/23+/24) > address pool will allow Newcomers > and also Existing APNIC account holders to get maximum number of IPv4 address > resources. > > > 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 pool comes down to > 900,096 IPv4 addresses i.e. < 3516x/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 pool 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. > > 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 Member is only eligible to receive IPv4 address delegations > totalling a maximum 768 (/23+/24) from the > APNIC available IPv4 address pool. > > Existing APNIC account holders who only has less IPv4 resources can apply for > maximum delegation respectively > maintaining the criteria matched with section 7.0. > > If the available IPv4 Pool size, which consists of available and reserve > pool, reaches 900,096 addresses (3516, /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 > pool, 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. > > Whenever the next threshold is met then all resource requests received on the > day and all those under review should > be dealt with by the previous threshold. > > Threshold Stages for IPv4 addresses (Available + Reserved): > Stage 1 - More than 900,000 IPv4 addresses: Delegation Size /23 + /24 > Stage 2 - Less than 900,000 IPv4 addresses and more than or equal to 256,000 > IPv4 addresses: Delegation Size /23 > Stage 3 - Less than 256,000 IPv4 addresses and more than 190,000 : Delegation > Size /24 > Stage 4 - Less than 190,000 IPv4 addresses add APNIC-127 5.1.1 Reserved /16 > to available pool: Delegation Size /24 > > > > > 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 already became an APNIC member and has less IPv4 > Resources can also apply for maximum delegation. > > > 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 * 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
