Policy Development Process (PDP)
AFRINIC-2 Public Policy Meeting Minutes | 27 April 2005 | Maputo Mozambique
Policy Proposals:
Some new policies and a few amendments to current policy were proposed 2 weeks before the AfriNIC-2 meeting. According to the current AfriNIC policy development process, at least 30 days of discussion are needed on the policy working group mailing list prior to face-to-face discussion and consequent consensus at the public policy meeting. These policies are:
Policy for IPv4 End-Users:
Minimum Assignment: /24 Criteria: - show existing utilisation of /25 from upstream - Or, justify immediate need of 50% of total requested. Additional space: - 25% immediate utilisation,and - 50% utilisation in 1 year. IXPs, Root Server or ccTLD Operators: - Assignment no greater than /24. - At least 2 peer ISPs in an IXP Temporary IP assignemnts in the AfriNIC region - The activity requiring temporary IP resources should be publicly documented and available, preferably on a website. - The IP resources must be returned to AfriNIC after the experiment. - Resources are assigned on a lease basis for a period of one month. - The assignment can be renewed after providing the necessary information . - The size of the assigned IP resource will be determined from the plan submitted by the requesting entity. Change in Policy for AS Number Assignments: Major change: - An entity requesting an AS number from AfriNIC must be an AfriNIC member in good standing. - LIRs cannot assign AS numbers to other organisations, other than their own network infrastructure.
group mailing list, by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. policy-wg-request@afrinic.net