February 2015 - address-policy-wg

2014-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments)
by Marco Schmidt 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Dear colleagues, The draft document for version 2.0 of the policy proposal 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments" has now been published, along with an impact analysis conducted by the RIPE NCC. Some of the differences from version 1.0 include: - AS Numbers can now be assigned for any need that cannot be satisfied with an existing AS Number - The RIPE NCC's need evaluation has been removed - A limit of 1,000 AS Numbers per organisation has been added - There is now a requirement that 16-bit AS Numbers be multihomed after nine months - The requirement that the routing policy must be new and unique has been removed - Related wording adjustments in the summary and rationale of the proposal You can find the full proposal and the impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03 And the draft document at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03/draft We encourage you to read the draft document text and send any comments to <address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net> before 22 January 2015. Regards Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-05 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources)
by Marco Schmidt 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Dear colleagues, The draft documents for version 3.0 of the policy proposal 2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources", have now been published, along with an impact analysis conducted by the RIPE NCC. Some of the differences from version 2.0 include: - Introduction of needs justification for transfers from RIR regions that require need-based policies - Explicit statement about when RIPE policies apply during a transfer - Related wording adjustments in the summary and rationale of the proposal You can find the full proposal and the impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-05 The draft documents are available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-05/draft We encourage you to read the draft document text and send any comments to <address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net> before 16 February 2015. Regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-12 Last Call for Comments (Allow IPv6 Transfers)
by Marco Schmidt 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Dear colleagues, The proposal described in 2014-12, "Allow IPv6 Transfers", is now in its Concluding Phase. The Address Policy Working Group co-Chairs have declared that consensus for the proposal has been reached and it will now move to Last Call. As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of these coming four weeks of Last Call is to give the community the opportunity to present well-justified objections in case anyone missed the previous two phases and want to oppose the proposal. Any objection must be made by 18 March 2015 and must be supported by an explanation. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-12 Please e-mail any final comments about this proposal to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 18 March 2015. Regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-13 Last Call for Comments (Allow AS Number Transfers)
by Marco Schmidt 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Dear colleagues, The proposal described in 2014-13, "Allow AS Number Transfers", is now in its Concluding Phase. The Address Policy Working Group co-Chairs have declared that consensus for the proposal has been reached and it will now move to Last Call. As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of these coming four weeks of Last Call is to give the community the opportunity to present well-justified objections in case anyone missed the previous two phases and want to oppose the proposal. Any objection must be made by 10 March 2015 and must be supported by an explanation. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-13 Please e-mail any final comments about this proposal to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 10 March 2015. Regards Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-07, 2014-08, 2014-10, 2014-11 Last Call for Comments (Language Clarification Proposals)
by Marco Schmidt 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Dear colleagues, The proposals described in - 2014-07, Language Clarification in "IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region" - 2014-08, Language Clarification in "Contractual Requirements for Provider Independent Resource Holders in the RIPE NCC Service Region" - 2014-10, Language Clarification in "IPv6 Addresses for Internet Root Servers In The RIPE Region" - 2014-11, Language Clarification for "Allocating/Assigning Resources to the RIPE NCC", are now in the Concluding Phase. The Address Policy Working Group co-Chairs have declared that consensus for these proposal has been reached and they will now move to Last Call. As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of these coming four weeks of Last Call is to give the community the opportunity to present well-justified objections in case anyone missed the previous two phases and want to oppose one of these proposal. Any objection must be made by 9 March 2015 and must be supported by an explanation. You can find the full proposals at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-07 https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-08 https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-10 https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-11 Please e-mail any final comments about these proposals to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 9 March 2015. Regards Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)
by Marco Schmidt 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Dear colleagues, A proposed change to RIPE Document "IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region" is now available for discussion. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2015-01 We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to <address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net> before 12 March 2015. Regards Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-04 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from the Final /8)
by Marco Schmidt 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Dear colleagues, The draft document for version 3.0 of the policy proposal 2014-04, "Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from the Final /8", has now been published, along with an impact analysis conducted by the RIPE NCC. Some of the differences from version 2.0 include: - Removal of the IPv6 requirement to receive Pv4 addresses from the RIPE NCC - Related wording adjustments in the title, summary and rationale of the proposal You can find the full proposal and the impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-04 The draft document is available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-04/draft We encourage you to read the draft document and send any comments to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 7 January 2015. Regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE NCC Membership - Developments After Reaching the Last /8
by Mirjam Kuehne 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Dear colleagues, On 14 September 2012, the RIPE NCC started allocating IPv4 addresses based on the last /8 policy. With more than two years passed, we look at the effects this had on membership numbers and demographics. We also look at what the last /8 policy meant for IPv6 uptake. Please find the results on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ripe-ncc-membership-statistics-2014 Kind regards, Mirjm Kuehne RIPE NCC

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2014-12 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Allow IPv6 Transfers)
by Marco Schmidt 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Dear colleagues, The proposal described in 2014-12, "Allow IPv6 Transfers", is now in its Review Phase. The draft document has been published, along with an impact analysis conducted by the RIPE NCC. You can find the full proposal and the impact analysis at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-12 and the draft document at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-12/draft We encourage you to read the draft document text and send any comments to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net before 21 January 2015. Regards Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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2014-03 Review Period extended until 12 February 2015 (Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments)
by Marco Schmidt 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

Dear colleagues, The Review Period for the proposal 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments" has been extended until 12 February 2015. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03 We encourage you to review this policy proposal and send your comments to <address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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