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prop-050: IPv4 address transfers

Proposal text

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Synopsis

This policy proposes removing APNIC policy restrictions on the transfer of registration of IPv4 address allocations and IPv4 portable address assignments between current APNIC account holders.

Current status

The proposal received majority support in the APNIC 26 Policy SIG but did not reach consensus. Therefore, the proposal has been returned to the author and the Policy SIG mailing list for further discussion.

Authors

Geoff Huston

Relevant forum

Policy SIG

Most recent version

prop-050-v003

Previous versions

prop-050-v001
prop-050-v002

Status at other RIRs

ARIN: A similar proposal, 2008-2: IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal, is under discussion.

RIPE: A similar proposal, 2007-08: Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources, is under discussion.

There is no similar proposal in discussion in AfriNIC and LACNIC.

Proposal history

Timeline

Activity

26 July 2007

Version 1 announced on Policy SIG mailing list

6 September 2007

Version 1 presented at APNIC 24 Policy SIG. Proposal author did not seek consensus at APNIC 24 but planned to submit a second version of the proposal to the Policy SIG for further discussion at APNIC 25.

28 September 2007

Version 1 returned to mailing list for further development.

22 January 2008

Version 2 submitted to Policy SIG mailing list.

28 February 2008

Presented at the APNIC 25 Policy SIG. Author to revise proposal following discussion at the Policy SIG.

22 July 2008

Version 3 submitted to Policy SIG mailing list.
28 August 2008 The proposal received majority support in the APNIC 26 Policy SIG but did not reach consensus.
29 August 2008

Returned to the author and the Policy SIG mailing list for further discussion.

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