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APNIC · RIR Watchdog

Modify 103/8 IPv4 transfer policy

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
prop-123
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Withdrawn by Author.
Normalized status
Withdrawn
Introduced
Jan 26, 2018
Last source update
Oct 10, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

17Total participants
16Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
22Discussion messages
14.2Effective participants
45.5%Top-five discussion share
6People covering 50%
12People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    v001

    Source facts ↗

  2. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

  3. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-123-v001: Modify 103/8 IPv4 transfer policy [SECURITY=UNCLASSIFIED]

    6 Discussion messages · 6 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗Source facts 3 ↗Source facts 4 ↗Source facts 5 ↗Source facts 6 ↗

  4. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-123-v001: Modify 103/8 IPv4 transfer policy

    11 Discussion messages · 11 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗Source facts 3 ↗Source facts 4 ↗Source facts 5 ↗Source facts 6 ↗Source facts 7 ↗Source facts 8 ↗Source facts 9 ↗Source facts 10 ↗Source facts 11 ↗

  5. Official decision

    withdrawn

    withdrawn

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Bertrand Cherrier · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 26, 2018
    Last activityFeb 14, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies18
  2. Skeeve Stevens · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 31, 2018
    Last activityFeb 1, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  3. Owen DeLong · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityFeb 1, 2018
    Last activityFeb 1, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  4. Rajesh Panwala · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 30, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  5. Sanjeev Gupta · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 29, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  6. Aftab Siddiqui · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 29, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  7. Guangliang Pan · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 29, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  8. andrew khoo · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 30, 2018
    Last activityJan 30, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  9. George Kuo · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 21, 2018
    Last activityFeb 21, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  10. Yasir Shamim, Muhammad · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 29, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  11. Satoru Tsurumaki · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 14, 2018
    Last activityFeb 14, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies14
  12. Mike Burns · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 31, 2018
    Last activityJan 31, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  13. Jahangir Hossain · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 25, 2018
    Last activityFeb 25, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  14. Ajai Kumar · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 29, 2018
    Last activityJan 29, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  15. Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 19, 2018
    Last activityFeb 19, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies23
  16. ABHISHEK MISHRA · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 25, 2018
    Last activityFeb 25, 2018
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  17. Alex Yang
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

Sources and coverage

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Coverage

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Latest captured: Oct 11, 2026

Freshness

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Known gaps

  • www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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