Policy Pre-CPM

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Details
  • Ref. Name:
    AFPUB-2006-GEN-002
  • Old Ref:
    afpol-tmpal200504
  • Status:
    Implemented
  • Date:
    17 May 2005
  • Author:
    Aina Alain

1) Introduction

In some circumstances, organisations may require IP resources for a certain period of time, usually one month and less. This could be for exhibitions, conferences, conventions, etc.

AFRINICwill therefore assign numbering resources to entities requiring temporary IP numbers for a fixed period of time. In this document, "IP resources" refers to unicast IPv4/v6 addresses and AS numbers.

 

2) Documenting the temporary activity

The activity requiring temporary IP resources should be publicly documented and available, preferably on a website. Entities requiring such IP resources are expected to demonstrate an understanding that when the activity or experiment for which they require the IP resources ends, the IP resources will be returned to AFRINIC.

A "publicly accessible document" is a document that is publicly and openly available free of charge and free of any constraints of disclosure.

AFRINICwill not recognize any activity under this policy if such an activity cannot be publicly disclosed.

 

3) Assignments of IP resources

Resources are assigned on a lease basis for a period of one month. The assignment can be renewed on application to AFRINICproviding the necessary information . The size of the assigned IP resource will be determined from the plan submitted by the requesting entity.

3.1 Required Documentation:

The requesting organisation should send an e-mail to hostmaster@AFRINIC.net with the following contents:

a. Details of Organisation:

- Legal Organisation name
- Country Where Registered
- Postal Address
- Physical Address
- Telephone and Fax Numbers - website (this is a must)

b. Details of activity requiring the temporary assignment. - Website detailing the activity - Website with a link to similar prevsious activities - Links from other (relevant) sites about this activity - Any other information that AFRINICshould know about - Date when the above activity ends.

c. The planned use of these IP resources - List subnet size required, and for what it will be used - Any AS numbers. - Reverse delegation, if required

d. The intended date of return of the IP resources above.

Once the above information has been reviewed by AFRINIC, the requesting entity will be required to fill the appropriate resource-request form and submit to hostmaster@AFRINIC.net

 

4) Administrative fees to AFRINIC

AFRINICmay charge administrative fees (if necessary) for assignment of the temporary IP numbers above.

History
17.04.2005 Proposal first posted to rpd mailing list.
13.12.2005 Consensus reached at AfriNIC 3 (Cairo - Egypt) to send to AfriNIC board for approval
09.02.2006 15 Days Last Call for Comments period starts
24.02.2006 15 Days Last Call for Comments ends.

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Details
  • Ref. Name:
    AFPUB-2006-ASN-001
  • Old Ref:
    afpol-chgasn200504
  • Status:
    Implemented
  • Date:
    17 May 2005
  • Author:
    Mark Tinka

1) Introduction

Precision in ASN policy documents about Assignment criteria ** Section 4 of the policy document

Was:

"4.0 Eligibility for an AS Number assignment:

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There are a limited number of available AS Numbers. Therefore, it is important to determine which sites require unique AS Numbers and which do not. Sites that do not require a unique AS Number should use one or more of the AS Numbers reserved for private use. Those numbers are: 64512 through 65535 (RFC 1930).

In order to qualify for an AS number, the requesting organization must fulfill the following requirements:

  • A unique routing policy (its policy differs from its border gateway peers).
  • A multi-homed site.
  • An organization will also be eligible if it can demonstrate that it will meet the above criteria upon receiving an ASN (or within a reasonably short time thereafter). 
  • All requests for ASNs under these criteria will be evaluated using the guidelines described in RFC1930 "Guidelines for the creation, selection and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)"." 

 

Should be

"4.0 Eligibility for an AS Number assignment:

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There are a limited number of available AS Numbers. Therefore, it is important to determine which sites require unique AS Numbers and which do not. Sites that do not require a unique AS Number should use one or more of the AS Numbers reserved for private use. Those numbers are: 64512 through 65535 (RFC 1930).

In order to qualify for an AS number, the requesting organization must fulfill the following requirements:

  • o A unique routing policy (its policy differs from its border gateway peers).
  • A multi-homed site.
  • An organization will also be eligible if it can demonstrate that it will meet the above criteria upon receiving an ASN (or within a reasonably short time thereafter).
  • Be an AfriNIC member in a good standing* (End-User or LIR type). All requests for ASNs under these criteria will be evaluated using the guidelines described in RFC1930 "Guidelines for the creation, selection and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)"."

 

2) Incentive

The original policy do not give precision on the membership criteria for ASN assignment. To better control this resource assignment Organisation using ASN must be specifically identified by AfriNIC.

 

 

History
17.04.2005 Proposal first posted to rpd mailing list.
13.12.2005 Consensus reached at AfriNIC 3 (Cairo - Egypt) to send to AfriNIC board for approval
09.02.2006 15 Days Last Call for Comments period starts
24.02.2006 15 Days Last Call for Comments ends.

 

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