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APNIC · RIR Watchdog

Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 IPv4 address pool to a /23

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-127
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Implemented
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Jan 18, 2019
Last source update
Oct 12, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

12Total participants
10Discussion contributors
3Formal actors
14Discussion messages
7Effective participants
64.3%Top-five discussion share
3People covering 50%
8People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    v001

    Source facts ↗

  2. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

  3. Public discussion

    Re: [sig-policy] Prop-127 announcement : Change maximum delegation size of 103/8 IPv4 address, pool to a /23

    4 Discussion messages · 4 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗Source facts 3 ↗Source facts 4 ↗

  4. Official decision

    accepted

    accepted

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Srinivas Chendi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages4
    First activityFeb 28, 2019
    Last activityMay 8, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies23
  2. Bertrand Cherrier · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 18, 2019
    Last activityApr 1, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies18
  3. Paul Wilson
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 2, 2019
    Last activityApr 2, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies6
  4. 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
  5. Satoru Tsurumaki · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 22, 2019
    Last activityFeb 22, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies14
  6. Ajai Kumar · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 27, 2019
    Last activityFeb 27, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  7. Edward Lewis · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 10, 2007
    Last activityApr 10, 2007
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  8. Aftab Siddiqui
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 24, 2019
    Last activityFeb 24, 2019
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies10
  9. Hiroki Kawabata · 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 policies8
  10. 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
  11. Ching-Heng Ku
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  12. Yen-Chieh Wang
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

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Coverage

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Freshness

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