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Proposal for provider independent IPv6 address space assignments for Internet exchanges

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
unnumbered-ipv6-ixp-assignments-2001
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Consensus reached on amended /64 assignment policy
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Jun 4, 2001
Last source update
Sep 17, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

5Total participants
4Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
7Discussion messages
3.8Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
3People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Introduced

    Introduced

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  2. Official version

    1.0

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  3. Official decision

    accepted

    accepted

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. (Tomohiro -INSTALLER-Fujisaki/$BF#:j(B $BCR9((B ) · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJul 30, 2001
    Last activityJul 30, 2001
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies4
  2. Anne Lord · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJun 12, 2002
    Last activityJun 13, 2002
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies9
  3. Akira Kato · Public sources found; identity verification pending
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJun 4, 2001
    Last activityJul 10, 2001
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes1
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies1
  4. Toshitaka Hirao · Public profile research temporarily delayed
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJul 31, 2001
    Last activityJul 31, 2001
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
  5. Anne Lord · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
Latest captured: Oct 12, 2026

Freshness

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Known 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.
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