Changes to APNIC IPv4 Maximum Delegation Size and IPv4 Recovered Pool Waiting List
An interim arrangement for IPv4 address delegations from 103/8 is now in place.
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Policy
New UN tool maps Asia Pacific cybersecurity landscape
Guest Post: A new UN tool maps the cybersecurity capabilities of economies worldwide.
Five policy proposals up for community discussion at APNIC 47
There are five proposals related to IPv6, ASN, IPv4 and the Policy Development Process to be discussed at the APNIC 47 Open Policy Meeting.
Three of the best: Long reads
Here are three of our best thought provoking reads from 2018 for your holiday break.
Policy Series: Community-led policy process stands the test of time
Anne Lord helps answer a question that is often asked about APNIC Policy: how was the current policy process created in the first place?
Policy Series: Seamless transition down to effective collaboration
With 2-byte ASN exhaustion rapidly approaching, Geoff Huston helped develop a policy and plan that successfully transitioned the Internet to 4-byte ASNs.
Policy Series: A smarter minimum allocation
Rajesh Chharia’s 2008 policy proposal to lower the minimum IPv4 allocation to a /22 helped startup ISPs across the region begin their Internet journey.
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference sees little middle ground
APNIC’s Adam Gosling reports from the halfway point of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Policy Series: Making it easier to get IPv6
Akinori Maemura was one of a group of policy trailblazers from the APNIC region that helped create the first global IPv6 policy.
Policy Series: Ensuring newcomers can connect to a dual-stack Internet
Philip Smith, Jonny Martin and Randy Bush’s policy to ration the final /8 of IPv4 addresses in the Asia Pacific provided a vital soft landing in the transition to IPv6.