APNIC Policy Proposals

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Implemented
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This page lists all current policy proposals, their status in the
APNIC Policy Development Process
(PDP), and the Secretariat impact assessment.
To be discussed at
APNIC 62
prop-169:
Aligning IPv4 LIR Needs Assessment with Current IPv4 Delegation Policy
prop-170:
Nibble-Boundary Alignment for IPv6 Allocations
prop-164:
Allocations of IPv6 Resources longer than a /32 with a nibble boundary alignment
prop-168:
Increase to maximum IPv4 delegations
prop-165:
Provision of IPv4 Address Space to IPv6-only Networks for Transitional Purpose
prop-171:
Operational Accountability for Abuse Contacts in Sub-Allocated Address Space
prop-172:
Defining Internet Abuse through IP Addresses
Did not reach consensus at
APNIC 61
In Implementation
prop-166:
Revocation of Persistently Non-functional RPKI Certification Authorities
prop-162:
WHOIS Privacy
Withdrawn/Abandonded at
APNIC 61
Implemented
On behalf of the APNIC community we would like to acknowledge the proposal authors for their contribution to the bottom-up policy development process.
Proposal Number
Proposal Title
Author/s
Proposed Year
OPM
Implemented Year
prop-167:
Published Statistics on Directory Service Usage
Jonathan Brewer
2025
APNIC 60
2026
prop-156:
Assignment of Temporary IP Resources
Christopher Hawker
2023
APNIC 57
2025
prop-154:
Resizing of IPv4 assignment for the IXPs
Simon Sohel Baroi and Aftab Siddiqui
2023
APNIC 57
2025
prop-155
IPv6 PI assignment for associate members
Aftab Siddiqui and Simon Sohel Baroi
2023
APNIC 56
2024
prop-151
Restricting non hierarchical as-set
Aftab Siddiqui
2023
APNIC 55
2023
prop-150
ROA/whois object with Private, Reserved and Unallocated (reserved/available) Origin ASN
Aftab Siddiqui
2023
APNIC 55
2023
prop-147
Historical Resources Management
Jordi Palet Martínez
2022
APNIC 54
2023
prop-146
Aligning the Contrast
Anupam Agarwal
2022
APNIC 54
2022
prop-145
Single Source for Definitions
Anupam Agrawal
2022
APNIC 55
2023
prop-144
Reserve pool under Experimental Allocation Policy
Anupam Agarwal, Amirta Choudhury, and Simon Sohel Baroi
2022
APNIC 53
2022
prop-143
ASN to Customer
Jordi Palet Martínez and Anupam Agarwal
2022
APNIC 53
2022
prop-142
Unify Transfer Policies Text
Jordi Palet Martínez and Amrita Choudhury
2022
APNIC 53
2022
prop-140
Update End-Site Definition
Jordi Palet Martínez
2021
APNIC 52
2021
prop-139
SOR not required
Jordi Palet Martínez
2021
APNIC 52
2021
prop-138
Restricting AS-ID in ROA
Aftab Siddiqui
2021
APNIC 52
2021
prop-136
Registration Requirements
Simon Sohel Baroi and Amrita Choudhury
2021
APNIC 52
2021
prop-135
Documentation
Amrita Choudhury and Simon Sohel Baroi
2021
APNIC 52
2021
prop-133
Clarification on Sub-Assignments
Jordi Palet Martínez
2020
APNIC 49
2021
prop-132
RPKI ROAs for unallocated and unassigned APNIC address space (was: AS0 for
Bogons)
Aftab Siddiqui
2019
APNIC 48
2020
prop-131
Editorial changes in IPv6 Policy
Jordi Palet Martínez
2019
APNIC 48
2020
prop-129
Abolish Waiting list for unmet IPv4 requests
Aftab Siddiqui
2019
APNIC 47
2019
prop-128
Multihoming not required for ASN
Jordi Palet Martínez
2019
APNIC 47
2019
prop-125
Validation of “abuse-mailbox” and other IRT emails
Jordi Palet Martínez and Aftab Siddiqui
2018
APNIC 46
2019
prop-127
Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 IPv4 address pool to a /23
Ching-Heng Ku, Aftab Siddiqui, Yen-Chieh Wang
2019
APNIC 47
2019
prop-122
Updating “Subsequent IPv6 allocation” policy
Jordi Palet Martínez
2017
APNIC 44
2017
prop-121
Updating “Initial IPv6 allocation” policy
Jordi Palet Martínez
2017
APNIC 44
2017
prop-117
Returned IPv4 address management and Final /8 exhaustion
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2017
APNIC 43
2017
prop-116
Prohibit to transfer IPv4 addresses in the final /8 block
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2016
APNIC 42
2017
prop-114
Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria
Aftab Siddiqui, Skeeve Stevens
2015
APNIC 39
2016
prop-113
Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria
Aftab Siddiqui, Skeeve Stevens
2015
APNIC 39
2016
prop-109
Allocate 1.0.0.0/24 and 1.1.1.0/24 to APNIC Labs as Research Prefixes
Geoff Huston
2014
APNIC 37
2014
prop-108
Suggested changes to the APNIC Policy Development Process
Dean Pemberton, Izumi Okutani
2013
APNIC 36
2014
prop-107
AS number transfer policy proposal
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2013
APNIC 36
2014
prop-105
Distribution of returned IPv4 address (Modification of prop-088)
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2013
APNIC 35
2014
prop-104
Clarifying demonstrated needs requirement in IPv4 transfer policy
Shin SHIRAHATA, Norisuke HIRAI, Akira NAKAGAWA
2012
APNIC 34
2013
prop-102
Sparse allocation guidelines for IPv6 resource allocations
Dean Pemberton, Ren-Hung Hwang
2012
APNIC 33
2012
prop-101
Removing multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments
David Woodgate
2012
APNIC 33
2013
prop-097
Global policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA
Alejandro Acosta, Nicolas Antoniello, S. Moonesamy, Douglas Onyango,
Medel Ramirez, Masato
Yamanishi
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-096
Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in transfer policy after the
final /8 phase
Tomohiro Fujisaki, Co-authors Masaru Akai, Fuminori Tanizaki, Toshio
Tachibana, Akira Nakagawa
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-095
Inter-RIR IPv4 address transfer proposal
Tomohiro Fujisaki, CO AUTHOR: Fuminori Tanizaki, Masaru Akai, Toshio
Tachibana, Akira Nakagaw
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-094
Removing renumbering requirement from final /8 policy
Izumi Okutani, Terence Zhang Yinghao
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-093
Reducing the minimum delegation size for the final /8 policy
Randy Bush, Andy Linton, Philip Smith, Terence Zhang Yinghao
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-088
Distribution of IPv4 addresses once the final /8 period starts
Randy Bush, Philip Smith
2010
APNIC 31
2011
prop-083
Alternative criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations
Skeeve Stevens
2010
APNIC 29
2011
prop-082
Removing aggregation criteria for IPv6 initial allocations
Tomohiro Fujisaki, Akira Nakagawa ,Fuminori Tanizaki, Masaru Akai , Toshio
Tachibana
2010
APNIC 29
2010
prop-080
Removal of IPv4 prefix exchange policy
Guangliang Pan
2010
APNIC 29
2010
prop-079
Abuse contact information
Tobias Knecht
2010
APNIC 29
2010
prop-075
Ensuring efficient use of historical AS numbers
Guangliang Pan
2009
APNIC 28
2010
prop-074
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN
Blocks (ASNs) to Regional
Internet
Registries
Ratified by the ICANN Board Executive Committee and implemented by the
IANA
Andrew de la Haye, Stacy Hughes
2009
APNIC 28
2009
prop-073
Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC members with existing
IPv4 addresses
Terry Manderson,Andy Linton
2009
APNIC 28
2010
prop-066
Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources
Brenda D. Tarimel, Philip Smith, James Spenceley
2008
APNIC 26
2009
prop-065
Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS numbers
James Spenceley
2008
APNIC 26
2008
prop-064
Change to assignment policy for AS numbers
James Spenceley
2008
APNIC 26
2009
prop-062
Use of final /8
Philip Smith, Jonny Martin, Randy Bush
2008
APNIC 26
2009
prop-061
32-bit ASNs for documentation purposes
Philip Smith, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Tomoya Yoshida
2008
APNIC 26
2008
prop-057
Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria
Toshiyuki Hosaka, Izumi Okutani
2008
APNIC 25
2008
prop-055
Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space
Roque Gagliano, ANTEL, Francisco Obispo, CENIT, Haitham EL Nakhal, MCIT,
Didier Allain Kla, ISOC
Cote
d’Ivoire, JPNIC IPv4 countdown policy team: Akinori Maemura, Akira Nakagawa, Izumi Okutani,
Kosuke
Ito,
Kuniaki Kondo, Shuji Nakamura, Susumu Sato, Takashi Arano, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Tomoya Yoshida,
Toshiyuki
Hosaka
2008
APNIC 25
2009
prop-054
NIR operational policy document revision
Sanjaya, Terry Manderson
2008
APNIC 25
2008
prop-053
Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22
Rajesh Chharia
2008
APNIC 25
2008
prop-050
IPv4 address transfers
Geoff Huston, Philip Smith
2007
APNIC 24
2010
prop-049
IANA policy for allocation of ASN blocks to RIRs
AfriNIC, APNIC,ARIN,LACNIC,RIPE NCC
2007
APNIC 24
2007
prop-041
IPv6 assignment size to critical infrastructure
APNIC
2006
APNIC 22
2006
prop-038
Amending APNIC’s lame DNS reverse delegation policy
Terry Manderson
2006
APNIC 22
2007
prop-035
IPv6 portable assignment for multihoming
Katsuyasu Toyama, Takashi Arano, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Toshinori Ishii,
Kosuke Ito, Dai Nishino,
Noriaktsu
Ohishi, Izumi Okutani
2006
APNIC 22
2007
prop-033
End site assignment policy for IPv6
Geoff Huston, Randy Bush
2006
APNIC 22
2007
prop-032
4-byte AS number policy proposal
Adopted by all RIRs
Geoff Huston
2005
APNIC 21
2007
prop-031
Proposal to amend APNIC IPv6 assignment and utilisation requirement
policy
Stephan Millet, Geoff Huston
2005
APNIC 20
2007
prop-030
Deprecation of ip6.int reverse DNS service in APNIC
Sanjaya
2005
APNIC 20
2006
prop-027
The second phase of Large Space IPv4 Trial Usage Program for Future IPv6
Deployment
Kosuke Ito, Yoshiyuki Ezura, Tsukasa Ogino, Gaku Hashimoto
2005
APNIC 19
2005
prop-026
APNIC to publish address assignment statistics
Toshiyuki Hosaka
2005
APNIC 19
2005
prop-025
Proposal on IPv6 IRR service at APNIC
Toyama Katsuyasu
2004
APNIC 18
2006
prop-022
A proposal to abolish redundant charges in IPv6 allocations
Izumi Okutani
2004
APNIC 18
2005
prop-021
Expansion of the initial allocation space for existing IPv6 address space
holders
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2004
APNIC 18
2005
prop-018
Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database
APNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2004
prop-017
Recovery of unused address space
APNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2005
prop-016
IPv6 allocations to IPv4 networks
APNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2004
prop-015
Should APNIC allocate global unicast IPv6 address space to ‘unconnected’
networks?
APNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2004
prop-014
A proposal to lower the IPv4 minimum allocation size and initial
allocation criteria in the Asia
Pacific
region
APNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2004
prop-012
Improving reliability of IRR database
Masasi Eto
2003
APNIC 16
2003
prop-011
IXP assignments
Consensus elements of proposal were
implemented
Bill Woodcock
2003
APNIC 16
2004
prop-010
Protecting resource records in APNIC Whois Database
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2004
prop-008
IANA IPv4 resource request procedures
Adopted by all RIRs
Randy Bush
2003
APNIC 16
2003
prop-007
Privacy of customer assignment records
Joint RIRs
2003
APNIC 16
2005
prop-006
Supporting historical resource transfers
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2004
prop-005
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) policy for allocation of IPv6
blocks to Regional Internet
Registries
Adopted by all RIRs
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2004
prop-004
Lame delegation cleanup revised
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2006
prop-002
Documentation policy
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2004
prop-001
Policy process modification
APNIC
2003
APNIC 16
2003
On behalf of the APNIC community we would like to acknowledge the proposal authors for their contribution to
the bottom-up policy development process.
Abandoned and Withdrawn
Proposal Number
Proposal Title
Author/s
Proposed Year
OPM
Abandoned Year
prop-163
Enhancing WHOIS Transparency and Efficiency Through Referral Server Implementation
Tsungyi Yu
2025
APNIC 59
2025
prop-160
Change IPv6 Initial assignment to /44 for Organizations Eligible for multihoming
Md. Rafeeun Noby Babir and Muhammad Redwanul Karim
2024
APNIC 58
2025
prop-161
Using IPv6 for Internet of Things (IoT)
Guangliang Pan (Benny), Wei Wong (Wesley), Qiang Li, Yaling Tan
2024
APNIC 58
2024
prop-159
Reduction of minimum IPv6 allocation size form /32 to /36
Christopher Munz-Michielin
2024
APNIC 58
2024
prop-158
IPv6 auto-allocation for each IPv4 request
David Aditya Yoga Pratama and M. Andri Setiawan
2024
APNIC 57
2024
prop-157
Temporary IPv4 Transfers
Jordi Palet Martinez
2024
APNIC 57
2024
prop-153
Proposed changes to PDP
Bertrand Cherrier
2023
APNIC 56
2023
prop-152
Reduce the IPv4 delegation from /23 to /24
Rajesh Chharia and Vivek Narayan
2023
APNIC 56
2023
prop-149
Change of maximum delegation for less than /21 total IPv4 holdings
Shubham Agarwal and Gaurav Kansal
2023
APNIC 55
2023
prop-148
Leasing of Resources is not Acceptable
Jordi Palet Martinez, Amrita Choudhury, and Fernando Frediani
2022
APNIC 54
2023
prop-141
Change maximum delegation size of IPv4 address from 512 ( /23 ) to 768 (/23+/24) addresses
Simon Sohel Baroi and Aftab Siddiqui
2021
APNIC 52
2022
prop-137
IPv6 assignment for associate members
Simon Sohel Baroi and Aftab Siddiqui
2021
APNIC 52
2023
prop-130
Modification of transfer policies
Jordi Palet Martínez
2019
APNIC 48
2021
prop-134
PDP Update
Jordi Palet Martínez
2020
APNIC 49
2020
prop-126
PDP Update
Jordi Palet Martínez
2018
APNIC 46
2019
prop-124
Clarification on Sub-Assignments
Jordi Palet Martínez
2018
APNIC 46
2019
prop-118
No need policy in APNIC region
Heng Lu
2017
APNIC 43
2019
prop-123
Modify 103/8 IPv4 transfer policy
Alex Yang
2018
APNIC 45
2018
prop-120
Final /8 pool exhaustion plan
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2017
APNIC 44
2018
prop-119
Temporary transfers
David Hilario
2017
APNIC 44
2018
prop-115
Registration of detailed assignment information in whois DB
Ruri Hiromi, Tomohiro Fujisaki
2015
APNIC 39
2016
prop-112
On demand expansion of IPv6 address allocation size in legacy IPv6 space
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2015
APNIC 39
2015
prop-111
Request-based expansion of IPv6 default allocation size
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2014
APNIC 37
2014
prop-110
Designate 1.2.3.0/24 as Anycast to support DNS Infrastructure
Dean Pemberton, Geoff Huston
2014
APNIC 37
2014
prop-106
Restricting excessive IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 block
Shin SHIRAHATA, Tomohiro Fujisaki
2013
APNIC 35
2013
prop-103
A Final IP Address Policy Proposal
Randy Bush
2012
APNIC 34
2012
prop-100
National IP Address Plan – Allocation of country-wide IP address blocks
Rakesh Mohan Agarwal
2011
APNIC 32
2012
prop-099
IPv6 Reservation for Large Networks
Xing Li, Song Jiang, Xiaomin Zhou, Haijin Li
2011
APNIC 32
2012
prop-098
Optimizing IPv6 allocation strategies (simplified)
Owen DeLong
2011
APNIC 32
2012
prop-092
Distribution of additional APNIC IPv4 address ranges after IANA exhaustion
David Woodgate
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-091
Limiting of final /8 policy to specific /9
David Woodgate
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-090
Optimizing IPv6 allocation strategies
Owen DeLong
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-089
Additional criterion for final /8 allocations (and assignments)
David Woodhouse
2011
APNIC 31
2011
prop-087
IPv6 address allocation for deployment purposes
Tomohiro Fujisaki
2010
APNIC 30
2011
prop-086
Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion
Steve Bertrand, Chris Grundemann, Aaron Hughes, Louie Lee, Matt Pounsett, Jason Schiller
2010
APNIC 30
2011
prop-085
Eligibility for critical infrastructure assignments from the final /8
Terence Zhang Yinghao, Wendy Zhao Wei
2010
APNIC 30
2011
prop-084
Frequent whois information update request
Tobias Knecht
2010
APNIC 30
2011
prop-081
Eligibility for assignments from the final /8
Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei
2010
APNIC 29
2010
prop-078
Reserving /10 IPv4 address space to facilitate IPv6 deployment
Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei
2009
APNIC 28
2010
prop-077
Proposal to supplement transfer policy of historical IPv4 addresses
Terence Zhang Yinghao, Jane Zhang, Wendy Zhao Wei
2009
APNIC 28
2010
prop-076
Requiring aggregation for IPv6 subsequent allocations
Tomohiro Fujisaki,Akira Nakagawa, Toshio Tachibana, Fuminori Tanizaki
2009
APNIC 28
2010
prop-072
Reapplication limits when transferring address space
Philip Smith
2009
APNIC 28
2009
prop-071
Justifying receiving IPv4 address space
Philip Smith
2009
APNIC 28
2009
prop-070
Maximum IPv4 allocation size
James Spenceley, Jonny Martin
2009
APNIC 27
2009
prop-069
Global policy proposal for the allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries
Adiel A. Akplogan, AfriNIC Raul Echeberria, LACNIC, Maemura Akinori, APNIC, Geoff Huston, APNIC,
Axel Pawlik, RIPE NCC, Ray Plzak, ARIN, Oscar A. Robles-Garay, LACNIC, Nigel Titley, RIPE NCC,
Paul
Wilson, APNIC
2009
APNIC 27
2011
prop-068
Inter-RIR transfer policy
Geoff Huston
2009
APNIC 27
2009
prop-067
A simple transfer proposal
Randy Bush, Philip Smith
2008
APNIC 27
2009
prop-063
Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six months
Philip Smith, Randy Bush, Jonny Martin
2008
APNIC 26
2009
prop-060
Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region
Kusumba Sridhar
2008
APNIC 26
2008
prop-059
Using the Resource Public Key Infrastructure to construct validated IRR data
Randy Bush
2008
APNIC 26
2008
prop-058
Proposal to create IPv4 shared use address space among LIRs
Shirou Niinobe, Takeshi Tomochika, Jiro Yamaguchi, Dai Nishino, Hiroyuki Ashida, Akira Nakagawa,
Toshiyuki Hosaka
2008
APNIC 25
2008
prop-056
IPv4 Soft Landing
David Conrad
2008
APNIC 25
2008
prop-052
Cooperative distribution of the end of the IPv4 free pool
Tony Hain
2007
APNIC 25
2008
prop-051
Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space
Roque Gagliano , ANTEL, Francisco Obispo, CENIT, Haitham EL Nakhal, MCIT, Didier Allain Kla,
ISOC
Cote d’Ivoire
2007
APNIC 24
2007
prop-048
IPv6 ULA-central
Jordi Palet Martinez
2007
APNIC 24
2007
prop-047
eGLOP multicast address assignments
Marshall Eubanks, David Meyer
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-046
IPv4 countdown policy proposal
JPNIC IPv4 countdown policy team
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-045
Proposal to modify “end site” definition and allow end sites to receive IPv6 allocations
Jordi Palet Martinez
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-044
Proposal to remove requirement to document need for multiple /48s assigned to a single end site
Jordi Palet Martinez
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-043
Proposal to remove reference to IPv6 policy document as an “interim” policy document
Jordi Palet Martinez
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-042
Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria
Jordi Palet Martinez
2007
APNIC 23
2007
prop-040
Proposal for APNIC non-member annual service fee
APNIC
2006
APNIC 22
2006
prop-039
A proposal to improve reachability of new IANA blocks
Tomoya Yoshida
2006
APNIC 22
2006
prop-037
Deprecation of email updates for APNIC Registry and whois data
Terry Manderson
2006
APNIC 22
2007
prop-036
Proposal to modify allocation criteria in the “IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy”
Jordi Palet Martinez
2006
APNIC 22
2006
prop-034
IPv6 portable assignment for end user organisations
Jordi Palet Martinez
2006
APNIC 22
2006
prop-029
Proposal for discrete networks and national peering
Uchenna N Ibekwe, Vu, Baokhanh N (Beth), Jason Schiller
2005
APNIC 20
2005
prop-028
Abolishing IPv6 per address fee for NIRs
NIR fee WG
2005
APNIC 19
2005
prop-024
Changing NIR fee structure
Toshiyuki Hosaka
2004
APNIC 18
2004
prop-023
A proposal to prevent the routing of “dark” address space
Gordon Bader
2004
APNIC 18
2004
prop-020
Application of the HD ratio to IPv4
APNIC
2004
APNIC 18
2006
prop-019
A proposal for whois database query
Jeng-jr Li
2004
APNIC 21
2006
prop-013
LIRs to manage multiple discreet networks under a single APNIC membership
Dawn Martin
2003
APNIC 17
2003
prop-009
Delegation of 2.0.0.2.ip6.arpa Synopsis
Randy Bush
2003
APNIC 16
2003
prop-003
Policy for mirroring on IRR
JPNIC
2004
APNIC 17
2005


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