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Resizing of IPv4 assignment for the IXPs

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-154
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Implemented
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Aug 8, 2023
Last source update
Oct 8, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

5Total participants
3Discussion contributors
2Formal actors
5Discussion messages
2.8Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
2People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Public discussion

    [wg-pdr] Re: IPv4 for IXPs

    5 Discussion messages · 3 Entities

    Source facts ↗

  2. Introduced

    Introduced

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  3. Official decision

    accepted

    accepted

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. George Odagi · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 24, 2022
    Last activityJan 24, 2022
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  2. Arash Naderpour · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 17, 2022
    Last activityJan 21, 2022
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  3. Jordi Palet Martinez
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 21, 2022
    Last activityJan 21, 2022
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies18
  4. Aftab Siddiqui
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies10
  5. Simon Sohel Baroi
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3

Sources and coverage

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Freshness

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