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Archived Policy Proposals

The policy proposals on this page have been archived. You can see at a glance if they were accepted and adopted by the RIPE community or withdrawn at any stage.

Archived Date:
November 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal aimed to ease the requirements when requesting an Autonomous System (AS) Number. The following actions were proposed:

  • Remove the need for evaluation
  • Limit the number of AS Numbers per organisation to 1,000
  • Require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months

Reason for withdrawal: The proposers decided to withdraw the proposal due to the inability to find an acceptable solution which satisfied all parties.

Archived Date:
October 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal introduced new criteria for the evaluation of large IPv6 allocation requests. These new criteria are hierarchical and geographical structure and segmentation for security and planned longevity. The current requirements, number of users and extent of infrastructure, are retained.

Archived Date:
August 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal removed the requirement that LIRs return their IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) assignment when requesting an IPv6 allocation if there are no specific routing requirements to justify both.

Archived Date:
July 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal aligned the transfer requirements for all IPv4 allocations. LIRs that receive an IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC or via a transfer cannot subsequently transfer this allocation to another party within 24 months.

Archived Date:
April 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal allowed the transfer of Internet number resources between a resource holder within the RIPE NCC service region and a resource holder within the region of another another Regional Internet Registry (RIR).

Archived Date:
March 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal allowed to transfer IPv6 allocations and IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) assignments within the RIPE NCC service region.

Archived Date:
March 2015
Working Group:
RIPE NCC Services Working Group

Summary: This proposal requested the RIPE NCC to publish the link between legacy holders and their sponsoring LIR.

Archived Date:
March 2015
Working Group:
Address Policy Working Group

Summary: This proposal allowed to transfer Autonomous System (AS) numbers.