Hi Dean,

Thanks for that. Seems to me that the business sector* that happen to be APNIC members would really benefit from such a policy. Were there any other reasons why the policy did not reach consensus at the last meeting?

Was routing table stability the only one? Seems like a weak argument by itself when the other RIR's have adopted similar policies I would have thought.

* Pick from this list: http://www.apnic.net/services/become-a-member/who-are-our-members/member-search?&size=All&cc=NZ&sort=ascending - you guys should make your views know on the SIG.

Regards

jamie

On 31 May 2012 20:34, Dean Pemberton <nznog@deanpemberton.com> wrote:
Evening;

Q: �What now?
A: �At the APNIC meeing in New Delhi a proposal to remove the
multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments did not reach
consensus. It's likely to come back again at the meeting in August and
I'd like to explain a bit about it and get some feedback from the NZ
community.

Q: �Ok what's this one all about?
A; � Right...

Current APNIC policy only permits portable assignments of IPv6
addresses to be made if a member is currently multihomed or plans to
be multihomed within three months.
That can mean that people feel they can't apply for IPv6 space, or
that they have to wait until they are multihomed in order to apply to
APNIC for address space.

Prop-101 looks to remove the requirement for multihoming and would let
non-multihomed APNIC members apply for a portable IPv6 assignment.
The full text is here:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-101/prop-101-v004.txt

Q: �What is a portable assignment and why would I want one anyway?
A: �A portable assignment of IPv6 addresses is independent of any
particular ISP or network provider. �It means that you can take those
addresses and have them routed by anyone. �Non-portable assignments
are addresses which you might get from your ISP. �Those addresses are
taken from the ISPs block of IPv6 addresses and can only be used while
you are their customer. �If you were using non-portable addresses and
wanted to move ISPs then you would have to renumber your network.

Q: �That sounds terrible! �Why would anyone want anything else?
A: �Well for a lot of organisations they don't need anything else.
Think about IPv4, most people operate with addresses given to them by
their ISP just fine. �Portable addresses are also only allocated by
RIR organisations like APNIC. �They don't come free, there is a yearly
cost to be an APNIC member, and keep those addresses.

Q: �Are there any downsides?
A: �Objectors to this proposal suggest that if everyone was granted
portable address space that the routing table would grow
unnecessarily.

Q: What does everyone else in the world do?
A: �APNIC is the only one for the 5 global registries which requires
multihoming for portable IPv6 assignments.

Q: �So what do you want from me?
A: �If you have an opinion then let me know. If you think it's
relevant to others then post it to the list. �Don't hesitate to join
the APNIC policy SIG list and have your say directly.


Regards,
Dean
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