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IPv6 Allocation and Policy Update

Global IPv6 Summit in China 2007April 12, 2007

Guangliang Pan

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Overview

• IPv6 allocation status update– Global IPv6 allocations– APNIC allocation and assignment details– Global IPv6 routing table– Status of IPv4 address space

• IPv6 policy update– IPv6 allocation and assignment policy– Where to request IPv6 addresses– IPv6 request forms

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IANA IPv6 Allocations to RIRsissued as /23s prior to Oct 2006

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73

132

198

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50

100

150

200

250

AfriNIC APNIC ARIN LACNIC RIPE NCC

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IANA IPv6 Allocations to RIRsissued in Oct 2006

RIR IPv6 Address

AfriNIC 2C00:0000::/12

APNIC 2400:0000::/12

ARIN 2600:0000::/12

LACNIC 2800:0000::/12

RIPE NCC 2A00:0000::/12

Some /23s from the previous slide are incorporated in these /12s

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IPv6 Allocations RIRs to LIRs/ISPsYearly Comparison – data up to Mar 2007

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20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

AfriNICAPNICARINLACNICRIPE NCC

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IPv6 Allocations RIRs to LIRs/ISPsCumulative Total (Jan 1999 – Mar 2007)

AfriNIC, 28, 2%

APNIC, 285, 23%

ARIN, 233, 18%

LACNIC, 90, 7%

RIPE NCC, 629, 50%

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APNIC allocations by economies

JP95

KR39

LK1

NZ10

ID13PH

7 BD2

AP1

VN2

MO2

PK4

SG6

HK9

IN11

MY12

PG1

TH10

AU14

CN19 TW

27

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APNIC annual allocations

53

48

41

1315

26

45

7

37

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10

20

30

40

50

60

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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APNIC allocations by sizes

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261

3 1 4 1 3 1 2 30

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100

150

200

250

300

/35 /32 /30 /29 /28 /27 /26 /22 /21 /20

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APNIC IXP assignments

All /48s except 4 are /64s

JP, 3

HK, 1

KR, 2

TW, 1

ID, 2NZ, 2CN, 2

VN, 1

AU, 7

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APNIC critical infrastructure assignments (/32s)

JP, 4

AU, 2TW, 1KR, 2

ID, 1

CN, 1

HK, 1

VN, 1NZ, 1

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Global IPv6 root routing table

Data as 1 April 2007 from http://bgp.potaroo.net/v6/as1221/index.html

1 3 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 2

612

2 1 1552

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100

200

300

400

500

600

700

/19 /20 /21 /22 /24 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30 /32 /33 /34 /35 /48

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Status of 256 /8s IPv4 Addresses

APNIC, 24

ARIN, 27

LACNIC, 4

RIPE NCC, 24

Multicast, 16

IANA Reserved, 48

Central Registry, 94

AfriNIC, 1Experimental, 16

Public Use, 1

Private Use, 1

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IPv4 Allocations RIRs to LIRs/ISPsYearly Comparison (/8s) - data up to Mar 2007

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0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

AfriNICAPNIC ARIN LACNICRIPE NCC

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IPv6 Address Policy

• IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy – http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ipv6-address-

policy.html• APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and

assignment requests – http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/ipv6-

guidelines.html

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IPv6 Initial allocation criteria

• be an LIR; • not be an end site; • plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to

organizations to which it will assign /48s, by advertising that connectivity through its single aggregated address allocation; and

• have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other organizations within two years. –Minimum initial allocation size is /32.

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Larger initial allocations

• Initial allocations larger than /32 may be justified by:– its existing IPv4 infrastructure and customer

base, – its intention to provide its existing IPv4 services

via IPv6, and – its intention to move some of its existing IPv4

customers to IPv6 within two years.• Previous /32 holders can use this policy to

extend their allocation size.

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IPv6 customer assignment size (New)

• You can assign /64 to /48 to your customer network depends on their requirement without seek CNNIC/APNIC approval.

• If you assign larger than /48 to one customer network, please seek second opinion from CNNIC / APNIC.

• HD ratio changed from 0.8 to 0.94 and measurement unit changed from /48 to /56.

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IPv6 IXP assignment policy

• Criteria– Demonstrate ‘open peering policy’– 3 or more peers

• Assignment size: /48 – All other needs should be met through normal

processes– /64 holders can “upgrade” to /48

• Through CNNIC / APNIC• Need to return /64

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IPv6 Critical Infrastructure Assignment

• Organisations seeking assignment for critical infrastructure must be an actual operator of the network infrastructure performing the following functions: – root domain name system (DNS) server – global top level domain (gTLD) DNS server – country code TLD (ccTLDs) DNS server – Regional Internet Registry (RIRs) – National Internet Registry (NIRs)

* Minimum assignment size is /48

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IPv6 Multihoming Assignment (New)

• An organisation is eligible to receive a portable assignment from APNIC if it:

- is currently multihomed with provider-based addresses, or demonstrates a plan to multihome within three months and,

- agrees to renumber out of previously assigned address space.

* Minimum assignment size is /48

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Where to request IPv6 addresses?

• 1. From your upstream ISP– Receive an assignment or sub-allocation– Address space is non-portable

• 2. From CNNIC– CNNIC member– Address space is portable

• 3. From APNIC– APNIC member– Address space is portable

Note: 6bone address is no longer available

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Request IPv6 addresses from APNIC

• Become APNIC member– http://www.apnic.net/member/index.html

• IPv6 Allocation Request Form – http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/ipv6-alloc-

request• IPv6 Portable Assignment Request Form

– http://www.apnic.net/services/portable-assign/index.html

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