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Policy records

01Policy records
02Policy evolution
03Entities
04Sources and coverage

Coverage: Partial

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 5, 2026, 1:11 PM

Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001Known gaps: www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · conference.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-academy-talk-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-afg-community-apnic.foundation: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apac-ict-women-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apix-chair-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apix-secretary-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apix-treasurer-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-alumni-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-announce-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-foundation-discuss-apnic.foundation: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-services-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-talk-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-apnic-transfers-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-bgp-stats-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-community-elections-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-community-events-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-diversity-in-leadership-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-ianaxfer-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-icp-2review-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-measurement-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-mvnog-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-pngnog-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-security-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-cooperation-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-guidelines-review-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-nir-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-sig-routingsecurity-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-user-feedback-group-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-wg-pdr-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · apnic-youth4ig-lists.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 5, 2026, 1:11 PM

194Policies

80People with verified identities

77Source accounts awaiting identity resolution

57Participated in 2+ policies

25Participated in 5+ policies

43.2%Top-five discussion share

UnknownMedian effective participants

8People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Discussion statistics are still being updated. Figures shown reflect the records processed so far.

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Recurring people and organisations

Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi24 Policies participated · 119 Discussion messages
Jordi Palet Martinez19 Policies participated · 56 Discussion messages
Bertrand Cherrier19 Policies participated · 43 Discussion messages
chku18 Policies participated · 21 Discussion messages
Satoru Tsurumaki15 Policies participated · 16 Discussion messages
APNIC Secretariat12 Policies participated · 19 Discussion messages
Anne Lord10 Policies participated · 15 Discussion messages
Aftab Siddiqui10 Policies participated · 5 Discussion messages
Hiroki Kawabata9 Policies participated · 15 Discussion messages
HENDERSON MIKE, MR8 Policies participated · 12 Discussion messages

Policy

Policy records

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Policy records

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Policy records

prop-174: Align implementation of Prop-125 in APNIC Policy (APNIC-127)

Validation of “abuse-mailbox” and other IRT emails

prop-169: Aligning IPv4 LIR Needs Assessment with Current IPv4 Delegation Policy

prop-175: Needs-Based Initial IPv6 PI Assignment

prop-168: Increase to maximum IPv4 delegations

prop-173: Copyright and Acceptable Use Terms for APNIC Directory Services

prop-165: Provision of IPv4 Address Space to IPv6-only Networks for Transitional Purpose

prop-162: WHOIS Privacy

prop-172: Defining Internet Abuse through IP Addresses

prop-171: Operational Accountability for Abuse Contacts in Sub-Allocated Address Space

Review of ICP-2 and the RIR Governance Document

prop-170: Nibble-Boundary Alignment for IPv6 Allocations

Published Statistics on Directory Service Usage

Enhancing WHOIS Transparency and Efficiency Through Referral Server Implementation

prop-166: Revocation of Persistently Non-functional RPKI Certification Authorities

prop-164: Allocations of IPv6 Resources longer than a /32 with a nibble boundary alignment

Change IPv6 Initial assignment to /44 for Organizations Eligible for multihoming

Resizing of IPv4 assignment for the IXPs

Assignment of Temporary IP Resources

Temporary IPv4 Transfers