Current policies
Internet number resource policies
| HTML Format | Text Format | Change Log | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APNIC Internet Number Resource Policies | Text | Past versions | This document outlines the principles and goals of Internet number resource distribution including specific policies for the distribution and management of IPv4, IPv6, and ASNs in the Asia Pacific region. |
Policy development and SIGs
| HTML Format | Text Format | Change Log | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy development process | Text | Past versions | Describes the process through which policy proposals should be submitted, considered, and adopted by APNIC. | |||
| Document editorial policy | Text | Past versions | Describes the editorial process used by the APNIC Secretariat to document and implement consensus decisions arising from the APNIC Policy Development Process and to maintain clear, effective, and up-to-date documentation. |
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| SIG Guidelines | Text | Past versions | Describes the operational procedures for SIGs, WGs, and BoFs, including Chair/Co-Chair elections, roles and responsibilities. |
National Internet Registry (NIR) policies
| HTML Format | Text Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operational policies for NIRs in the APNIC region | Text | Describes the operational procedures for resource allocation by APNIC to National Internet Registries and their members. |
| Criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region | Text | Provides a number of technical and operational requirements with which any new and existing NIRs should always comply. |
Resource guidelines
| Guidelines | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IPv4 allocation and assignment requests | APNIC-105 | Applies to the management of global IPv4 public address space in the Asia Pacific region. |
| IPv6 allocation and assignment requests | APNIC-114 | Applies to the management of global unicast IPv6 public address space in the Asia Pacific region. |
| Maintenance of historical Internet resources | HTML | Intended to guide LIRs wishing to update information about historical Internet resources registered in the APNIC Whois Database. |
| Transfer of historical Internet resources | HTML | Intended to guide LIRs wishing to transfer or accept transfers of historical Internet resources registered in the APNIC Whois Database. |
| Reverse zones | HTML | Information based on creating reverse zones using BIND. |
| Public availability of reverse DNS zones at APNIC | HTML | The DNS is a public service – any Internet user is freely able to query the DNS system for forward or reverse translations. |
| Recovery of unused address space | HTML | Intended to guide networks holding historical address space. |
| RIR statistics exchange format | HTML | This specification defines the file production cycle, naming and content for the RIR statistics file. |
| Transfer log format | HTML | This specification outlines the production process, naming, and format for transfer logs produced as a result of the APNIC transfer, merger, acquisition, and takeover policy (apnic-123-v003). |
Global (IANA) policies
| Policy | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IANA Policy For Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries | HTML | Criteria governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the RIRs |
| IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries | HTML | Criteria governing the allocation of ASN Blocks from IANA to RIRs |
| Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA | HTML | Criteria governing the allocation of IPv4 address space from the IANA to the RIRs |
| ICP-2: Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries | HTML | Criteria governing the creation of new RIRs |