1. Policy implementation and document status report Address Policy SIG APNIC 15, Taipei, Taiwan 27 February 2003

2. Overview Major decisions APNIC 13 Major decisions APNIC 14

3. Major decisions - APNIC 13 Common global IPv6 policy IPv4 registration and allocation policy guidelines

4. IPv6 address policy Description –Common global policy accepted by ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC to replace initial IPv6 policy APNIC document –apnic-089 “IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy” –Active from 1 July 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ ipv6-address-policy.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ ipv6-address-policy.html

5. IPv6 address policy FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ IPv6-FAQ.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ IPv6-FAQ.html Forms –IPv6 allocation request form (apnic-090) –Text only, web form pending –http://www.apnic.net/services/ipv6_guide.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/services/ipv6_guide.html

6. IPv4 guidelines Description –Outstanding recommendations of Broadband Working Group relating to IPv4 cable requests and registration of small assignments APNIC document –apnic-105 “APNIC guidelines for IPv4 allocation and assignment requests” –Active from 1 December 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ipv4-guidelineshttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ipv4-guidelines

7. Major decisions - APNIC 14 Management of ASNs Experimental allocations Recognition of new NIRs Operational policies for NIRs Assignments for critical infrastructure IPv6 range for documentation purposes IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs IPv6 assignments to IXPs Deprecation of MAIL-FROM authentication

8. Management of ASNs Description –Clarifies and extends existing ASN policy - now allows for LIRs to apply for non-portable ASNs for downstream customers APNIC document –apnic-094 “Policies for Autonomous System number management in the Asia Pacific region” –Active from 19 November 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/asn-policy.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/asn-policy.html

9. Management of ASNs FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/as_faq.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/as_faq.html Forms –Autonomous System Number Request form (apnic-092) –Text and Web forms –http://www.apnic.net/services/ asn_guide.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/services/ asn_guide.html

10. Experimental allocations Description –Allows assignments and allocations at low cost for recognised experiments, subject to full public disclosure APNIC document –apnic-draft-experiment “Experimental allocations policy” –Requires final call for comments –Provisionally active from 1 December 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/ apnic-draft-experiment-v001.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts/ apnic-draft-experiment-v001.html

11. Experimental allocations FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ experimental-allocs-faq.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ experimental-allocs-faq.html Forms –Form pending –Enquiries to helpdesk@apnic.nethelpdesk@apnic.net

12. Recognition of new NIRs Description –Re-opening of the NIR with clear criteria for NIR organisations, including technical & financial management, neutrality and government endorsement APNIC documents –apnic-104 “Criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region” –Active from 1 December 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/nir-criteria.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/nir-criteria.html

13. Recognition of new NIRs FAQ –n/a Forms –APNIC NIR application form (apnic-100) –http://www.apnic.net/docs/ nir-application.pdfhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/ nir-application.pdf

14. Operational policies for NIRs Description –Operational procedures for resource allocation by APNIC to NIRs APNIC document –apnic-103 “Operational policies for National Internet Registries in the APNIC region” –Active from 1 December 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ operational-policies-nirs.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ operational-policies-nirs.html

15. Assignments for critical infrastructure Description –Allows for assignments to defined critical infrastructure (/24 IPv6, /32 IPv6) APNIC documents –(IPv4) apnic-086 “Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region” –Update active from 29 November 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ add-manage-policy.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ add-manage-policy.html –(IPv6) document pending - see FAQ

16. Assignments for critical infrastructure FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ critical-infrastructure-faq.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ critical-infrastructure-faq.html Forms (IPv4 & IPv6) –APNIC Portable Assignment Request Form (apnic-098) –Text only, web form nearing completion –http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ portable-assign-request.txthttp://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ portable-assign-request.txt

17. IPv6 range for documentation purposes Description –Reserves a range of IPv6 address space to be safely used in technical documentation examples APNIC document –Document pending, see FAQ –Policy active from 1 December 2002

18. IPv6 range for documentation purposes FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ ipv6-documentation-prefix-faq.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ ipv6-documentation-prefix-faq.html Forms –n/a

19. IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs Description –Modifies existing IPv4 policy to allow LIRs to make non-portable sub-allocations to their customers APNIC document –(IPv4) apnic-086 “Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region” –Update active from 29 November 2002 –http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ add-manage-policy.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ add-manage-policy.html

20. IPv4 sub-allocation by LIRs Guidelines to LIRs –http://www.apnic.net/services/ipv4/ sub-alloc-guide.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/services/ipv4/ sub-alloc-guide.html Forms –APNIC Second Opinion Request form (apnic-097) –Text only, web form nearing completion –http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ second-opinion-request.txthttp://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ second-opinion-request.txt

21. IPv6 assignments to IXPs Description –Increases IPv6 IXP assignment size from /64 to /48 APNIC document –Document pending - see FAQ

22. IPv6 assignments to IXPs FAQ –http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ ixp_address_faq.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ ixp_address_faq.html Forms –APNIC Portable Assignment Request Form (apnic-098) –Text only, web form nearing completion –http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ portable-assign-request.txthttp://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ portable-assign-request.txt

23. Deprecation of MAIL-FROM authentication Description –Operational change to no longer allow MAIL- FROM as an authentication method for Whois updates; DB now supports only CRYPT-PW & PGPKEY APNIC document & forms –n/a More information –http://www.apnic.net/db/ref/attributes/mntner/ auth-mntner.htmlhttp://www.apnic.net/db/ref/attributes/mntner/ auth-mntner.html

24. Questions