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I wanted to give you all an update on the discussion of the "Global Policy for the Allocation of the remaining IPv4 Address Space" before heading to Alburqueque.<BR>
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As I mentioned on the policy proposal the text of the policy allowed to have two discussion: is such a policy needed? and what should be the size of the last allocation form IANA?.<BR>
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We have made a great progress in the first issue and some in the second.<BR>
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Here is an update:<BR>
- LACNIC, the policy reached consensus.<BR>
- APNIC, there was consensus that a global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 space such as this one was needed. Not consensus on the size that allocation or the text.<BR>
- AFRINIC, idem APNIC.<BR>
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So up to now, three of the five RIR have a positive opinion that a global policy is needed. Here are the main arguments showed on these three meetings:<BR>
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- It is a RIR issue: the allocation of the remaining IPv4 space is an issue that should be solved inside the RIR community and a global policy will be a clear signal to other actors (there are some governmental documents on the IGF preparation).<BR>
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- Central Pool: This policy releases the pressure on the central pool.<BR>
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- Certainty: this policy brings certainty to every RIR on what to expect as a last allocation. Without this policy there are different scenarios of what could happen, and which would be the first RIR to run out of addresses.<BR>
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- Conservation: after approving this policy the scenario will be such that each RIR could analyze more conservative policies such as the proposed "soft-landing" or the reservation of addresses to specific infrastructure. The current "on demand" policy encourage the consumption of addresses until the end of the IPv4 space.<BR>
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- easy to implement: This policy is strait-forward to implement.<BR>
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See you in Albuquerque,<BR>
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Roque<BR>
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