Re: [nznog] [Fwd: [pacnog] IPv4 exhaustion discussions in Asia Pacific region]

On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 17:15 +1300, Andy Linton wrote:

Given our discussions on IPv4 and IPv6 at the recent nznog meeting some of you may be interested in this.

Allright Andy, Given the deafening silence I'm going to provoke some debate. Just for fun :-) IX's and the like have accelerated IPv4 depletion. Discuss. -Multihoming means assignment at the cost of conservation. -Has also accelerated AS number depletion (though that issue seems to have been sidestepped.) Now, for all you ning-nongs out there, I'm not saying IX's are baad m'kay? Just interested in views in whether gratuitous peering* has brought forward the event horizon. cheers Jamie *characterised by entities who've trod the multihoming path to APNIC to get *assigned*, plumped up their estimates, and is still looking at at the remaining space wondering what the heck they can do with it.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [pacnog] IPv4 exhaustion discussions in Asia Pacific region Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:44:32 +1000 (EST) From: Elly Tawhai To: pacnog(a)pacnog.org

Hi

You are probably aware by now that the exhaustion of IPv4 address space is likely to occur in the next few years.

You might be interested to know that a proposal to deal with IPv4 exhaustion has been put forward for discussion in the APNIC region.

The proposal suggests five main principles:

(1) Global synchronization:

All five RIRs will proceed at the same time for measures on IPv4 address exhaustion.

(2) Some Blocks to be left:

Keep a few /8 stocks instead of distributing all.

(3) Keeping current practices until the last moment:

Maintain the current policy until the last allocation.

(4) Separate discussions on "recycle" issue:

Recovery of unused address space should be discussed separately

For more information on the proposal, see:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-046-v001.html

This proposal affects the whole Internet community. I encourage you to read the proposal and have your say on the APNIC Policy SIG mailing list, or at the upcoming APNIC 23 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, 26 February - 2 March 2007. If you can't attend the meeting in person, you can still have your say by participating remotely via live chat.

APNIC Policy SIG mailing list information:

http://www.apnic.net/community/lists

APNIC 23:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/23/

Kind regards, Elly APNIC

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