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APNIC Status Report

RIPE461-5 September, 2003

Amsterdam

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2003: 59

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New arrivals…

Member Services

Communications

Born during APNIC16!

16th APNIC Open Policy Meeting

• 19th – 22nd August, Seoul, Korea

• Held in conjunction with Korea Internet Operations Workshop (KIOW)

• Big banners!

APNIC16 – Policy Update• Consensus points only

– Subject to 2 months ‘comment period’ on the ML after OPM and final endorsement from the EC

• Prop-001-v001: Revised policy development process– Text proposal on ML 1 month before meeting– ‘Comment period’ on ML 2 months after meeting– Final endorsement from EC

• Prop-002-v001: Revised editorial policy– Simplified to work with outcomes of SIGs etc

• Prop-008-v001: IANA IPv4 resource request procedures

Policy Update from APNIC16..• Prop-005-v001: RIPE-261 follow up

– Practice of sparse allocations (for APNIC)– Regional allocations – Larger allocation size from IANA

• Size /8 or /12 needs further discussion• Prop-006-v001: Historical resource transfers

– Allows transfers from ‘historical’ to ‘current’ status– Recipient must be an APNIC member– Address space subject to current policy framework

• Prop-011-v001: Revised IXP assignment policy– Definition amended, restriction on routing lifted– Further discussion required for remainder of

proposal

Policy Update from APNIC16

• Database SIG– Prop-007-v001: Privacy of customer

assignment records– Prop-010-v001: Protecting resource

records in APNIC whois database • DNS SIG

– Prop-007-v001: Revised lame delegation cleanup

• Informational only– Create a guidelines document to explain

existing IPv6 policy

Member Services

• Helpdesk– Phone hotline - increasing use– Presence at APNIC and other meetings

• Response time– One day turnaround time on all requests

• “Corporate contact” project– Member contact details update

• Exchange and training visits– Toshihiro Hosaka: JPNIC, Adi Kusuma:

APJII, Kien Tran: VNNIC

Technical Services• Anycast mirror servers

– Agreement with “F” (ISC)– HK , KR live, CN installed but not yet operational – More sites (3+) under discussion

• Database cleanup– Unreferenced and unprotected objects

• Internal systems– Ticketing system improvements– Meeting management redesign

• Including APRICOT support

• MyAPNIC secure LIR portal– Version 1.2 launched August

Training

• Updated Training courses– Internet Resource Management I– Internet Resource Management II– DNS, Routing Registry

• Collaborations– Trial of on-line video delivery with SOI-Asia, JP

• Training administration– Outsource contract with AIT, TH

• 2003 training– 13 so far this year– Another 14 by the end of the year

Outreach – Sub Regional

• Sub-regional liaison officers– Pacific: Savenaca Vocea– South Asia: recruitment underway

• Memorandum of Understanding– Pacific Islands Telecommunications

Association (PITA)– South Asia Network Operations Group

(SANOG)

Meetings – Fellowship fund• First at APNIC16

– 12 APNIC fellows supported• Sponsorship contribution

– 15% of sponsorships– USD $7,000

• World Bank infoDev program– infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF)– USD $15,000 grant

Next Meeting – KL, Malaysia

• APNIC17 in conjunction with APRICOT– February 18-27, 2004

http://www.apricot2004.net

Where *are* Those IP Addresses?

Questions?