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Introduction

The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an MoU between ASO/NRO and ICANN. There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures for handling global policy proposals in this context.

The Board procedures also state that the Board can request ICANN staff to undertake an “early awareness” tracking of proposals for global policies under development in the addressing community. At its meeting on 20 November 2007, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a global policy proposal for allocation of Autonomous System Numbers, or ASNs, that is already well advanced towards adoption in the Regional Internet Registries, or RIRs. The status overview presented below is compiled in response to this request and will be timely updated as developments proceed, for information to ICANN entities and the wider community.

Status Overview

The table below indicates the current status within each RIR for the proposed Global Policy for ASNs. Hyperlinks are included for easy access.

The proposal was originally presented at the RIPE-54 meeting in March 2007. It formalizes the current procedure and gives a policy basis for the transition from 2-byte (16 bits) to 4-byte (32 bits) ASNs. The proposal has been introduced in all RIRs, following their respective policy development processes, and has now been adopted by all RIRs. The proposal will next be handled by the NRO EC and the ASO AC according to their procedures before being submitted to the ICANN Board for ratification.

The proposal has been formally recognized by the ASO AC as a global policy proposal in the sense of the ASO MoU, i.e. focusing on address allocation from IANA to the RIRs.