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Clarification on Sub-Assignments

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Source facts

Policy ID
prop-124
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Abandoned
Normalized status
Abandoned
Introduced
Mar 29, 2018
Last source update
Oct 13, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

12Total participants
12Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
29Discussion messages
5.6Effective participants
75.9%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
7People covering 80%

Policy evolution

v006
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Proposal title and stated protocol scope · The title removes the IPv6 qualifier, changing from “Clarification on IPv6 Sub-Assignments” to “Clarification on Sub-Assignments.”

Applicability to APNIC assignments and allocations · The new problem statement expressly limits the proposal to direct APNIC end-user assignments and LIR assignments for exclusive infrastructure use, and expressly excludes LIR allocations; the old problem statement begins without this applicability limitation.

IPv4 NAT and WAN-link rationale · The old text attributes the lack of an IPv4 problem to NAT usage. The new text qualifies this as applying when NAT is used and adds that assigned addresses are then limited to the WAN link as infrastructure or interconnection addressing.

Objective and APNIC existing-practices rationale · The old objective includes a separate explanation about redefining the concept for new IPv6 uses. The new objective omits that explanation and instead states that the ISP, data-center, and similar-case prohibition accords with existing APNIC practices.

Situation in other regions · The old text describes RIPE as corrected, notes a RIPE policy/impact-analysis discrepancy, says an amendment was submitted, identifies AfriNIC as having reached consensus, and says submissions were made to LACNIC and ARIN. The new text instead states directly that the situation has been corrected in AFRINIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE.

Form of the proposed amendment · The old version instructs that a new paragraph be added after the existing paragraph and labels the existing wording “Actual text.” The new version removes that instruction and labels the existing wording “Current Text.”

Permitted use and prohibited sub-assignments in proposed Section 2.2.3 · The proposed operative text is reformulated: “original holder” becomes “original recipient,” use by third-party devices is conditioned on operation within the infrastructure, and the prohibition is restated as sub-assignments to third parties outside that infrastructure and provision of address space to third parties in data centers or similar cases.

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    v005

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  2. Official version

    v006

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  3. Introduced

    Introduced

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  4. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-124-v006: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  5. Official decision

    abandoned

    abandoned

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  6. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

    6 Discussion messages · 3 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗Source facts 3 ↗Source facts 4 ↗Source facts 5 ↗Source facts 6 ↗
  7. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] prop-133-v003: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: · The latest refresh failed. The last successful result is shown.
  1. Discussion messages9
    First activitySep 9, 2019
    Last activityMar 2, 2021
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies18
    Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: · The latest refresh failed. The last successful result is shown.

    Identity verified: Oct 11, 2026

    The IPv6 Company · Historical
    Name: Jordi Palet Martínez Email: [email protected] Organization: The IPv6 Company
    politicas.lacnic.net
    Discussion messages
    9
    First activity
    Sep 9, 2019
    Last activity
    Mar 2, 2021
    First explicit stance
    Unknown
    Latest explicit stance
    Unknown
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies
    18

    First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0

    Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    Jordi Palet's two January 2022 interventions seek a sound basis for decisions: a broader Policy SIG discussion where views remain divided, and Secretariat input on unresolved questions about historical resources. These are compatible procedural positions. One intervention per proposal does not establish a history of substantive support, opposition or reversal.

    Experimental Allocations – no reservation for IPv4

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Palet calls for the disputed experimental-allocation issue to reach the broader Policy SIG. He does not claim that consensus already exists or state a final vote on the allocation rule. This single procedural intervention cannot establish a change of position.

    Conditions: The call to determine consensus is distinct from evidence that consensus was achieved.

    it is neccesary to have the discussion in a broader community, the Policy SIG.

    Recovery of unused historical resources

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · On recovery of historical resources, Palet requests Secretariat input, particularly on legal questions. Asking for that information leaves the substantive recovery decision open; it is not an endorsement of a particular legal interpretation.

    Conditions: No later answer or explicit final policy preference is supplied.

    especially the legal aspects. May be in this case, is not just the chairs but the secretariat who should provide some inputs.

    Experimental Allocations – no reservation for IPv4 · Recovery of unused historical resources

    Assessment: Consistent · Seeking wider community deliberation on one proposal and specialist Secretariat input on another are compatible ways to resolve different decision gaps. Neither message assigns the Secretariat authority to replace community consensus. The comparison supports procedural compatibility, not a shared substantive vote on the two policies.

    Conditions: The proposals raise different questions and each is represented by one message.

    It is the only way to determine consensus in a PDP valid way.

    the secretariat who should provide some inputs.

    1. Sep 9, 2019 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-124-v006: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    2. Feb 16, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-133-v001: Secretariat impact assessment

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    3. Feb 18, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] New version - prop-133-v002: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    4. Feb 21, 2020 · Unknown

      [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    5. Feb 21, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    6. Feb 22, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    7. Feb 24, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    8. Feb 26, 2020 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] prop-133: Clarification on Sub-Assignments

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    9. Mar 2, 2021 · Unknown

      Re: [sig-policy] Policy Discussion in bdNOG for APNIC51

      Validated evidence is unavailable.

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    Total policy messages: 141

  2. Srinivas Chendi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages7
    First activityFeb 14, 2020
    Last activityMay 28, 2021
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies23
  3. Bertrand Cherrier · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activitySep 17, 2018
    Last activityFeb 24, 2020
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies18
  4. chku · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityAug 10, 2020
    Last activityFeb 8, 2021
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies4
  5. George Odagi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityMar 4, 2020
    Last activityMar 26, 2020
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  6. Md. Abdul Awal · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 26, 2019
    Last activityFeb 26, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies5
  7. Tsurumaki, Satoru · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 17, 2020
    Last activityFeb 17, 2020
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies4
  8. Satoru Tsurumaki · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activitySep 2, 2019
    Last activitySep 2, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies14
  9. Unknown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityMar 1, 2021
    Last activityMar 1, 2021
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  10. bdNOG Secretariat · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityMar 2, 2021
    Last activityMar 2, 2021
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  11. Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 17, 2020
    Last activityFeb 17, 2020
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies6
  12. chku · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 28, 2019
    Last activityFeb 28, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies17

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