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IPv4 Soft Landing Policy | AFPUB-2010-v4-005

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Source facts

Policy ID
AFPUB-2010-V4-005
RIR
AFRINIC
Official status
Unknown
Normalized status
Unknown
Introduced
Unknown
Last source update
Oct 12, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

1Total participants
1Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
1Discussion messages
1Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
1People covering 50%
1People covering 80%

Policy evolution

940776bf0ad3df33e0571b30ba73c366c275696d1bb52377856314bf61512e1e
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draft-05
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Archive placeholder replaces a substantive source capture · The newer capture is an archive placeholder identifying the IPv4 Soft Landing Draft 05 page; it contains no operative policy clauses. The older capture contains the policy text and its revision history. This is a reduction in available source detail, not evidence that the exhaustion phases, allocation limits or other provisions were repealed or replaced. A substantive Draft 05 document is needed to determine any actual change between these captures.

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AFPUB-2010-V4-005: IPv4 Soft Landing Policy | AFPUB-2010-v4-005 Details Ref. Name: AFPUB-2010-v4-005
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878 Ipv4 Soft Landing Policy Afpub 2010 V4 005 Draft 05 📦 Archived Content — This page was originally hosted at 878--ipv4-soft-landing-policy-afpub-2010-v4-005-draft-05 and has been preserved locally. This page references content from the AFRINIC archive. Original source: 878--ipv4-soft-landing-policy-afpub-2010-v4-005-draft-05
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Debate timeline

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  2. Official version

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  3. Official version

    draft-05

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Mark Elkins
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 8, 2016
    Last activityDec 8, 2016
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies10

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

  • afrinic-rpd
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  • www.afrinic.net
  • afrinic-africann
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  • afrinic-afripv6-discuss
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  • afrinic-announce
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  • afrinic-community-discuss
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    Sep 11, 2015
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  • afrinic-dbwg
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    Aug 4, 2026
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  • afrinic-dnssec-ops
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    Aug 18, 2015
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  • afrinic-icp2-review
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  • afrinic-measurement-wg
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  • afrinic-mira
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    Nov 17, 2020
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  • afrinic-ois-wg
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    Sep 9, 2021
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  • afrinic-rpki-discuss
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Aug 4, 2004
Latest captured: Oct 14, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

Known gaps

  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-rpd: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-africann: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-afripv6-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-community-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-dnssec-ops: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-measurement-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • afrinic-rpki-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.