RIPE Policy Proposals

Anyone in the RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) community can suggest a new policy or a change to an existing policy. You do not have to be a member of the RIPE NCC.

RIPE is a collaborative forum open to anyone who is interested in wide area IP networks. There are no membership requirements for participation in RIPE. Its activities are performed on a voluntary basis and decisions are made by consensus.

The RIPE NCC provides administrative support for RIPE. One of the jobs that the RIPE NCC does is to look after the Policy Development Process. The RIPE NCC manages the process, but all input comes from the RIPE community. The RIPE NCC does not make policies, however it is responsible for making sure that they are applied in its service region.

A glossary of terms explains the phrases used in the table below.

Name	Number	Submission Date	Current Phase	Phase Ends/Ended	Latest Status	Working Group
Provider Independent (PI) IPv6 Assignments for End User Organisations	2006-01	20 April 2006	Discussion	23 December 2008	Initial Community Discussion	Address Policy
Summary: This proposal introduces a solution for organisations that need IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) address space.
PI Assignment Size	2006-05	29 August 2006	Review	14 March 2007	Awaiting Decision from WG Chairs	Address Policy
Summary: This proposal suggests to have the minimum assignment size for PI assignments to be a /24 when routing is a major issue for a multihoming End User.
Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources	2007-08	23 October 2007	Concluding	8 December 2008	Last Call	Address Policy
Summary: This proposal outlines a framework to migrate previously allocated IPv4 resources from one Local Internet Registry (LIR) to another LIR within the RIPE NCC Service Region.
Using the Resource Public Key Infrastructure to Construct Validated IRR Data	2008-04	29 April 2008	Discussion	27 May 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposers	Routing
Summary: This is a proposal to introduce a new registry that augments IRR data with the formally verifiable trust model of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and provide ISPs with the tools to generate an overlay to the IRR which is much more strongly trustable.
Anycasting Tier 0/1 ENUM	2008-05	4 September 2008	Discussion	12 November 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposer	Address Policy
Summary: The proposal is to allow Tier 0/1 ENUM operators to receive IPv4 and IPv6 anycasting assignments.
Use of Final /8	2008-06	15 October 2008	Discussion	12 November 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposer	Address Policy
Summary: This proposal describes how RIPE NCC should make allocations from its last /8 worth of address space at the time of total depletion of the IANA free pool.
Ensuring Efficient Use of Historical IPv4 Resources	2008-07	15 October 2008	Discussion	12 November 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposer	Address Policy
Summary: This is a proposal to require documentation of all historical address resources held when assessing a RIPE NCC member's eligibility for further IPv4 address space.
Initial Certification Policy for Provider Aggregatable Address Space Holders	2008-08	16 October 2008	Discussion	13 November 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposer	Address Policy
Summary: The RIPE NCC plans to deploy a certification service that can be used to secure uniqueness of resources. This proposal lays out guidelines for how LIRs can receive certificates over their Provider Aggregatable (PA) address space holdings and how these certificates should be maintained.
ASPLAIN Format for the Registration of 4-byte ASNs	2008-09	20 October 2008	Discussion	17 November 2008	Awaiting Decision from Proposer	Address Policy
Summary: This proposal seeks to modify the current policy document 'Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment Policies and Procedures' to adopt the use of ASPLAIN for recording and representation of 4-byte AS Numbers..