Policy for IPv6 — Background Report
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, adopted by the Board on 15 July 2005 at the ICANN meeting in Luxemburg, for handling global policy proposals in this context.
The abovementioned 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 16 August 2005, the Board resolved to request such tracking of the development of a global policy proposal for allocation of IPv6 address space, already well advanced 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 foreseen Global Policy for IPv6. Hyperlinks are included for easy access.
There were originally two version of the proposal of Allocation of IPv6 Address Space by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy to Regional Internet Registries
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"First version" presented at APNIC 18 (issued in Sept 2004)
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"Second version" elaborated after further discussion (issued in February 2005).
Since mid October 2005, all RIRs have been treating the "second version", which has advanced through the RIRs' respective adoption processes as indicated in the table below. As of 16 May 2005, all RIRs have formally adopted this version of the proposal.
The proposal will subsequently be handled by the NRO EC and the ASO AC according to their procedures before being sent to the ICANN Board.
RIR |
AfriNIC |
APNIC |
ARIN |
LACNIC |
RIPE |
Topic Introduced |
1 Aug 2005 |
1 Sept 2004 (orig. 22 July 2003) |
20 Sept 2004 |
2 Sept 2004 |
4 August 2004 |
Discussion list |
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Public Forum |
AfriNIC 3, 12-14 December 2005 - Agenda - Slides (Second version) |
APNIC 18, 31 Aug — 3 Sept 2004 - Slides (First version) - Slides (Second version) |
- Slides (First version) (Second version) |
- Slides (First version) - Slides (Second version) |
- Slides (First version) (Second version) (Second version) |
Final Call for Comments |
17 Sept — 12 Nov 2004 (first version) (second version) |
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Next Public Forum (N/A - this stage is passed for all) |
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RIR Board Endorsement |
Adopted by the Board on 15 May 2006 |
Endorsed by Executive Committee 19 Nov 2004 (first version) 25 Nov 2005 (second version) |
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Link to document |
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Link to Policy Development Process |
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Status |
"Second version" adopted. |
"Second version" adopted. |
"Second version" adopted. |
"Second version" adopted. |
"Second version" adopted. |