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Draft Policy 2010-10 (Global Proposal)

Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion

Version/Date: 20 September 2010

Policy statement:

Reclamation Pool
Upon adoption of this IPv4 address policy by the ICANN Board of
Directors, the IANA shall establish a Reclamation Pool to be utilized
post RIR IPv4 exhaustion as defined in Section 4. The reclamation pool
will initially contain any fragments that may be left over in IANA
inventory. As soon as the first RIR exhausts its inventory of IP address
space, this Reclamation Pool will be declared active. When the
Reclamation Pool is declared active, the Global Policy for the
Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space[3] and Policy for
Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries[4] will be
formally deprecated.
Returning Address Space to the IANA
The IANA will accept into the Reclamation Pool all eligible IPv4 address
space that are offered for return. Eligible address space includes
addresses that are not designated as “special use” by an IETF RFC or
addresses allocated to RIR’s unless they are being returned by the RIR
that they were orignally allocated to. Legacy address holders may return
address space directly to the IANA if they so choose.
Address Allocations from the Reclamation Pool by the IANA
Allocations from the Reclamation Pool may begin once the pool is declared active.
Addresses in the Reclamation Pool must be allocated on a CIDR boundary.
Allocations from the Reclamation Pool are subject to a minimum allocation unit
equal to the minimum allocation unit of all RIRs and a maximum allocation unit
of one /8. The Reclamation Pool will be divided on CIDR boundaries and
distributed evenly to all eligible RIRs once each quarter. Any remainder not
evenly divisible by the number of eligible RIRs will remain in the Reclamation
Pool until such time sufficient address returns allow another round of allocations.
RIR Eligibility for Receiving Allocations from the Reclamation Pool
Upon the exhaustion of an RIR’s free space pool and after receiving their
final /8 from the IANA[3], an RIR will become eligible to request address space
from the IANA Reclamation Pool when it publicly announces via its respective
global announcements email list and by posting a notice on its website that it
has exhausted its supply of IPv4 address space. Exhaustion is defined as an
inventory of less than the equivalent of a single /8 and the inability to
further assign address space to its customers in units equal to or shorter
than the longest of any RIR’s policy defined minimum allocation unit. Up to
one /10 or equivalent of IPv4 address space specifically reserved for any
special purpose by an RIR will not be counted against that RIR when determining
eligibility unless that space was received from the IANA reclamation pool. Any
RIR that is formed after the ICANN Board of Directors has ratified this policy
is not eligible to utilize this policy to obtain IPv4 address space from the IANA.
Reporting Requirements
The IANA shall publish on at least a weekly basis a report that is
publicly available which at a minimum details all address space that has
been received and that has been allocated. The IANA shall publish a
Returned Address Space Report which indicates what resources were
returned, by whom and when. The IANA shall publish an Allocations Report
on at least a weekly basis which at a minimum indicates what IPv4
address space has been allocated, which RIR received the allocation and
when. The IANA shall publish a public notice confirming RIR eligibility
subsequent to Section 4.
No Transfer Rights
Address space assigned from the Reclamation Pool may be transferred if
there is either an ICANN Board ratified global policy or globally
coordinated RIR policy specifically written to deal with transfers
whether inter-RIR or from one entity to another. Transfers must meet the
requirements of such a policy. In the absence of such a policy, no
transfers of any kind related to address space allocated or assigned
from the reclamation pool is allowed.
Definitions
IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, or its successor
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or its
successor
RIR - Regional Internet Registry as recognized by ICANN
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the RIRs
IPv4 - Internet Protocol Version Four(4), the target protocol of this
Global Policy
Free Space Pool - IPv4 Addresses that are in inventory at any RIR,
and/or the IANA
Contributors
The following individuals donated their time, resources and effort to
develop this proposal on behalf of the Internet Community:
Steve Bertrand <[steve@ipv6canada.com]((mailto:steve@ipv6canada.com) >
Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com>
Martin Hannigan <marty@akamai.com>
Aaron Hughes <ahughes@bind.com>
Louie Lee <louie@equinix.com>
Matt Pounsett <matt@conundrum.com>
Jason Schiller <schiller@uu.net>
References
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm
Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space,
IANA, Retrieved 27 April 2010
[http://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandum-of-understanding/index.html ]((http://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandum-of-understanding/index.html)
ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) MoU , Retrieved 27 May 2010.
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm
Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space
http://aso.icann.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/aso-001-2.pdf Policy
for Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries

The following version was archived on 20 September 2010.

Draft Policy 2010-10 (Global Proposal)

Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion

Version/Date: 20 July 2010

Policy statement:

Reclamation Pool Upon adoption of this IPv4 address policy by the ICANN Board of Directors, the IANA shall establish a Reclamation Pool to be utilized post RIR IPv4 exhaustion as defined in Section 4. The reclamation pool will initially contain any fragments that may be left over in IANA inventory. As soon as the first RIR exhausts its inventory of IP address space, this Reclamation Pool will be declared active. When the Reclamation Pool is declared active, the Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space[3] and Policy for Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries[4] will be formally deprecated.
Returning Address Space to the IANA The IANA will accept into the Reclamation Pool all eligible IPv4 address space that are offered for return. Eligible address space includes addresses that are not designated as “special use” by an IETF RFC or addresses allocated to RIR’s unless they are being returned by the RIR that they were orignally allocated to. Legacy address holders may return address space directly to the IANA if they so choose.
Address Allocations from the Reclamation Pool by the IANA Allocations from the Reclamation Pool may begin once the pool is declared active. Addresses in the Reclamation Pool will be allocated on a CIDR boundary equal to or shorter than the longest minimum allocation unit of all RIRs in order to complete these allocations.The Reclamation Pool will be divided on CIDR boundaries and distributed evenly to all eligible RIR’s. Any remainder not evenly divisible by the number of eligible RIR’s based on a CIDR boundary equal to or shorter than the longest minimum allocation unit of all RIRs will remain in the Reclamation Pool. Addresses that are left over will be held in the Reclamation Pool until additional IP addresses can be returned to rejoin addresses on CIDR boundaries to the Reclamation Pool or a minumum allocation unit is set to allow allocation from existing inventory.
RIR Eligibility for Receiving Allocations from the Reclamation Pool Upon the exhaustion of an RIR’s free space pool and after receiving their final /8 from the IANA[3], an RIR will become eligible to request address space from the IANA Reclamation Pool when it publicly announces via its respective global announcements email list and by posting a notice on its website that it has exhausted its supply of IPv4 address space. Exhaustion is defined as an inventory of less than the equivalent of a single /8 and the inability to further assign address space to its customers in units equal to or shorter than the longest of any RIR’s policy defined minimum allocation unit. Any RIR that is formed after the ICANN Board of Directors has ratified this policy is not eligible to utilize this policy to obtain IPv4 address space from the IANA.
Reporting Requirements The IANA shall publish on at least a weekly basis a report that is publicly available which at a minimum details all address space that has been received and that has been allocated. The IANA shall publish a Returned Address Space Report which indicates what resources were returned, by whom and when. The IANA shall publish an Allocations Report on at least a weekly basis which at a minimum indicates what IPv4 address space has been allocated, which RIR received the allocation and when. The IANA shall publish a public notice confirming RIR eligibility subsequent to Section 4.
No Transfer Rights Address space assigned from the Reclamation Pool may be transferred if there is either an ICANN Board ratified global policy or globally coordinated RIR policy specifically written to deal with transfers whether inter-RIR or from one entity to another. Transfers must meet the requirements of such a policy. In the absence of such a policy, no transfers of any kind related to address space allocated or assigned from the reclamation pool is allowed.
Definitions

IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, or its successor

ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or its successor

RIR - Regional Internet Registry as recognized by ICANN

MOU - Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the RIRs

IPv4 - Internet Protocol Version Four(4), the target protocol of this Global Policy

Free Space Pool - IPv4 Addresses that are in inventory at any RIR, and/or the IANA

Contributors The following individuals donated their time, resources and effort to develop this proposal on behalf of the Internet Community:

Steve Bertrand <steve@ipv6canada.com>

Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com>

Martin Hannigan <marty@akamai.com>

Aaron Hughes <ahughes@bind.com>

Louie Lee <louie@equinix.com>

Matt Pounsett <matt@conundrum.com>

Jason Schiller <schiller@uu.net>

References
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space, IANA, Retrieved 27 April 2010
http://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandum-of-understanding/index.html ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) MoU , Retrieved 27 May 2010.
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space
http://aso.icann.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/aso-001-2.pdf Policy for Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries