[Community] Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] IPv4 Exhaustion: Phase 1 Imminent

[Omo Oaiya]

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From: "AFRINIC Communication" <comm-announce at afrinic.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2017 05:11
Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] IPv4 Exhaustion: Phase 1 Imminent
To: <announce at afrinic.net>
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Dear Colleagues,


As of 27 March 2017, AFRINIC's pool of available IPv4 address space
contained the equivalent of 1.03 /8s and we expect to reach the last /8 of
available IPv4 space by the end of March or the first days of April 2017.
This means that AFRINIC's IPv4 address space inventory will very soon reach
the previously agreed level where the "Current Phase" will end, and
"Exhaustion Phase 1" of the AFPUB-2010-v4-005: IPv4 Soft Landing Policy
will be triggered. This community-developed policy can be found here:
www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy

As of today, AFRINIC is still managing Internet number resources as per the
requirements outlined in existing policies (the "Current Phase") but this
will change imminently. You can view all current policies here:
www.afrinic.net/library/policies/1829-afrinic-consolidated-policy-manual

AFRINIC's available inventory of IPv4 space is updated daily at:
www.afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion


GUIDANCE FOR MEMBERS

All AFRINIC Resource Members are kindly requested to familiarise themselves
with AFPUB-2010-v4-005: IPv4 Soft Landing Policy, available at:
www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy

In addition to the policy itself, please refer to the communique dated 16
January 2017, announcing AFRINIC's approach to IPv4 Exhaustion:
www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1973-afrinic-is-approaching-ipv4-exhaustion-
phase-1.
To ensure timely evaluation of all Internet number resource requests,
Members are requested to ensure that:

        • They are in good standing (all fees are paid up, and RSA duly
signed)
        • Submit complete IPv4 resource requests, including all information
needed to verify policy compliance.
        • Make arrangements for AFRINIC staff to check online statistics
via screen sharing or similar methods, at a time between 06:00UTC and
11:30am UTC, Monday to Friday (between 10:00 and 15:30 Mauritius time
(UTC+4)).

CURRENT ALLOCATION or ASSIGNMENT PROCESS

As of today, AFRINIC is still managing Internet number resources under
existing policies, which can be found here:  www.afrinic.net/library/
policies/1829-afrinic-consolidated-policy-manual

The current process involves AFRINIC's hostmasters evaluating resource
requests received, and deciding on the prefix that can be approved for each
particular resource member based on the information provided. Members are
subsequently invoiced an allocation/assignment fee based on prefix size
approved. There is no limit (based on justified need) to the size of prefix
that can be approved. Resources are marked as RESERVED when a request is
approved, and are subsequently issued to the requesting Member when AFRINIC
receives the payment of the allocation/assignment fees.

CRITERIA FOR THE START OF EXHAUSTION PHASE 1

Exhaustion Phase 1 is triggered as soon as a request cannot be fulfilled,
or can be fulfilled but leaves the available IPv4 inventory - excluding the
final /8 - empty.

As described in the previous communique dated 16 January 2017, if a request
for IPv4 resources is approved but cannot be fulfilled using a single
contiguous block from the available inventory (excluding the final /8), the
applicant will be given the option of receiving the resources as multiple
smaller blocks instead (if there is a sufficient amount of smaller blocks
to make that possible). If the applicant is willing to receive multiple
smaller blocks adding up to the same amount of space as was approved, then
the request is treated as "fulfilled". If the applicant does not want
multiple smaller blocks, or if there are not enough smaller blocks to
fulfil the approved request, then the request cannot be fulfilled.

The communique can be found here: www.afrinic.net/en/library/
news/1973-afrinic-is-approaching-ipv4-exhaustion-phase-1

CHANGES TO POLICIES IN EXHAUSTION PHASE 1

When Exhaustion Phase 1 begins, most current IPv4 policies continue to
apply, but certain changes take effect.

        • The minimum IPv4 allocation for LIRs will be /22, and the minimum
IPv4 assignment for End User Members will be /24. (section 5.4.3.1).
        • The maximum IPv4 allocation/assignment shall be /13 (section
5.4.3.1).
        • No explicit limit on the number of times an organisation may
request additional IPv4 space (section 5.4.4).
        • Allocation/assignment period (planning window) changes from 12
months to 8 months (section 5.4.5).
        • Existing Resource Members are eligible to get additional blocks
of IPv4 address space if 90% efficient usage of all resources has been
demonstrated (section 5.4.6.1).
        • Use of AFRINIC IPv4 resources outside the AFRINIC service region
should be solely in support of connectivity back to the AFRINIC region
(section 5.4.6.2).
        • A /12 IPv4 address block will be reserved from the final /8. This
/12 IPv4 address block shall be preserved by AFRINIC for future uses, as
yet unforeseen (section 5.4.7).

 Please see the relevant sections in the Consolidated Policy Manual for
more information: www.afrinic.net/library/policies/1829-afrinic-
consolidated-policy-manual


FUTURE INFORMATION

AFRINIC will issue another communique when Exhaustion Phase 1 begins, and
again when Exhaustion Phase 2 appears to be imminent.

More information:

        • IPv4 exhaustion: www.afrinic.net/en/community/ipv4-exhaustion
        • IPv6 deployment: www.afrinic.net/en/services/ipv6-programme
        • AFRINIC's Policy Development Process (PDP):
www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development
        • Global Policy Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining
IPv4 Address Space: www.icann.org/resources/pages/
remaining-ipv4-2012-02-25-en




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