[address-policy-wg] 2009-01, Global Policy for the allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries

Hi,

Filiz, thanks for pointing this out so clearly.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:57:46PM +0200, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:
> New ARIN "A. Phase I"
> 
> Each RIR through their respective chosen policies and strategies may  
> recover IPv4 address space which is under their administration and  
> designate any such space for return to the IANA. Each RIR shall at  
> quarterly intervals return any such designated address space to the  
> IANA in aggregated blocks of /24 or larger, for inclusion in the  
> recovered IPv4 pool.
> 
> RIPE "3.1 Phase I"
> 
> Each RIR through their respective chosen policies and strategies may  
> recover IPv4 address space which is under their administration. Each  
> RIR shall at quarterly intervals return any such recovered address  
> space to the IANA in aggregated blocks of /24 or larger, for inclusion  
> in the recovered IPv4 pool.

As per the discussion between Wilfried and Scott, this is a significantly
different proposal than the one that we have achieved consensus on.

ARIN has a MAY here, both for recovery and return-to-IANA.

RIPE has a MUST here (it's still a "may" regarding recovery, but as soon
as it is recovered, it MUST be returned to IANA).

We'll definitely have to discuss this at the WG meeting next week, and
I'm afraid that this proposal will have to do another round through the
policy processes to achieve identical wording - otherwise it can't be
a global policy.

Gert Doering
        -- APWG chair
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