Archived RIPE Policy Proposals

The policy proposals on this page have been archived. You can see at a glance if they were accepted and adopted by the RIPE community or withdrawn at any stage.

Name	Status	Proposal Number	Working Group	Date Archived
Assigning IPv6 PA to Every LIR	WITHDRAWN	2008-02	Address Policy	May 2008
Summary: With the acceptance of this policy RIPE NCC will run a one-time operation to allocate an IPv6 block to every LIR that does not have any existing IPv6 holdings. Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided to withdraw this proposal due to insufficient support for it.
Assigning IPv6 PI to Every INETNUM Holder	WITHDRAWN	2008-01	Address Policy	May 2008
Summary: With the acceptance of this policy, the RIPE NCC will conduct a one-time operation to assign a /56 IPv6 PI prefix to all End Users with an IPv4 assignment registered in the RIPE Database. Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided to withdraw this proposal due to insufficient support for it.
End Policy for IANA IPv4 Allocations to RIRs	WITHDRAWN	2007-07	Address Policy	March 2008
Summary: This proposal seeks to provide the solutions to the problems in terms of address management which may arise if no measures are taken for IPv4 address exhaustion. Reason for Withdrawal: Authors decided that they want to make a new proposal (see 2008-03).
Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space	WITHDRAWN	2007-06	Address Policy	March 2008
Summary: This policy describes the process for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 space from IANA to the RIRs. When a minimum amount of available space is reached, an identical number of IPv4 allocation units (/8s) will be allocated from IANA to each RIR, replacing the current IPv4 allocation policy. Reason for Withdrawal: Authors decided that they want to make a new proposal (see 2008-03).
Proposal to Amend the IPv6 Assignment and Utilisation Requirement Policy	ACCEPTED	2005-08	Address Policy	November 2007
Summary: To amend the RIPE IPv6 address allocation policies regarding the definition of the default size of End Site allocations, the threshold value for End Site allocation efficiency, and the method of calculation of the End Site allocation efficiency metric.
IPv4 Countdown Policy	WITHDRAWN	2007-03	Address Policy	October 2007
Summary: This policy proposal proposes four general principles, which will be needed to accomplish the smooth termination of IPv4 address allocation. Reason for Withdrawal: Authors decided that they want to make a new proposal (see 2007-07).
IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs	ACCEPTED	2007-04	Address Policy	September 2007
Summary: This This proposal is to have a global policy for the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) to receive blocks of Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
Change in IP Assignments for Anycasting DNS Policy	WITHDRAWN	2007-02	Address Policy	August 2007
Summary: This proposal suggested that there should no longer be a requirement to be a ccTLD or a gTLD to receive IPv4 and IPv6 assignments for anycasting DNS. Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided to withdraw this proposal due to insufficient support for it.
IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy	ACCEPTED	2006-02	Address Policy	July 2007
Summary: This proposal is to change the IPv6 Initial Allocation criteria and the End Site definition in the "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy".
First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size	ACCEPTED	2006-07	Address Policy	April 2007
Summary: This proposal suggests the Assignment Window (AW) available to new LIRs should automatically be raised from zero (0) to /21 (2,048 IPv4 addresses) six months after they receive their first allocation. Because the sub-allocation policy references the AW policy, the sub-allocation policy also needs to be updated. This proposal suggests that the maximum sub-allocation should be kept at /20 (4,096 IPv4 addresses).
IPv4 Maximum Allocation Period	ACCEPTED	2006-06	Address Policy	March 2007
Summary: This proposal is to have the RIPE NCC allocate address space to Local Internet Registries (LIRs) based on their one-year needs. In other words, it suggests setting a maximum allocation period of 12 months.
Contact E-Mail Address Requirements	WITHDRAWN	2006-04	Address Policy	February 2007
Summary: This proposal suggested that working and up-to-date contact e-mail addresses should be maintained at all times for address space that is registered in the RIPE Database. Reason for Withdrawal: Withdrawn by the proposer and the Address Policy Working Group chair as not enough consensus was reached.
4-Byte AS Number Policy	ACCEPTED	2005-12	Address Policy	September 2006
Summary: This policy proposal details a set of actions and associated dates for RIR AS Number allocation policies to assist in an orderly transition to use of the 4-byte AS Number space.
IP Assignments for Anycasting DNS	ACCEPTED	2005-02	Address Policy	September 2006
Summary: To enable country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) and global Top Level Domain (gTLD) name server operators to provide their DNS service using shared unicast technology, RIPE NCC may assign one IPv4 and/or one IPv6 prefix to each TLD operator.
LIR-PARTITIONED Status for IPv6	WITHDRAWN	2006-03	Database	July 2006
Summary: This proposal is to have a new status for IPv6 address space as "LIR-PARTITIONED". Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided that the proposal was no longer necessary.
IPv6 Initial Allocation	WITHDRAWN	2005-03	Address Policy	June 2006
Summary: The proposal is to change the IPv6 Initial Allocation criteria outlined in the "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy". The proposed change is to remove "have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other organisations within two years" and to remove the reference to "/48s" as the assignment size. Reason for Withdrawal: Withdrawn by proposer who thought this proposal is superceded by 2006-02, IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy.
Multicast Monitoring on RIPE NCC Test Traffic Boxes	WITHDRAWN	2005-11	Test Traffic	May 2006
Summary: A proposal to add testing of multicast connectivity between the RIPE NCC Test Traffic boxes that are connected to multicast-capable networks. Reason for Withdrawal: During the discussion phase, the working group decided that the RIPE NCC should do the work and that there was no need to complete the full PDP cycle for this proposal.
Consumer Broadband Monitoring Feasibility	WITHDRAWN	2005-10	Test Traffic	May 2006
Summary: This is a proposal to have the RIPE NCC, as a neutral body, develop a way of measuring performance for consumer broadband networks. The proposal requests funding for a limited deployment prototype with the purpose of assessing industry and consumer acceptance, functional requirements and technical issues. Reason for Withdrawal: During the discussion phase, the working group decided that the RIPE NCC should do the work and that there was no need to complete the full PDP cycle for this proposal.
HD-ratio Proposal	WITHDRAWN	2005-01	Address Policy	May 2006
Summary: The proposal is to change the further allocation criteria for IPv4 as described in ripe-324: "IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region". Reason for Withdrawal: Withdrawn by proposer who felt that as there had been a number of objections, consensus had not been reached.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries	ACCEPTED	2005-09	Address Policy	April 2006
Summary: The proposal was to have a policy governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy - definition for "End-Site"	WITHDRAWN	2005-04	Address Policy	January 2006
Summary: There are various terms for "end-site" in the IPv6 allocation and assignment policy (ripe-267) and the RFC3177. We need to have a final definition for "End-Site" to establish clear internal assignment policies. Reason for Withdrawal: During discussions the proposer decided that the proposal was no longer necessary.
Introducing DNSSEC Service to Reverse DNS Trees	ACCEPTED	2005-07	DNS	October 2005
Summary: To implement DNSSEC, we propose extending the policy for Reverse Address Delegation of IPv4 and IPv6 Address Space in the RIPE NCC Service Region.
Proposal to Add Regional Boundaries to Policy Documents	WITHDRAWN	2005-06	Address Policy	July 2005
Summary: Our AS assignment policy has the following statement in it - "The RIPE NCC assigns AS Numbers for Autonomous Systems located in the RIPE NCC service region". Neither the IPv4 nor the IPv6 policy documents have such a clear statement in them. It might be a good idea to add a similar statement to those documents when they are updated. Reason for Withdrawal: The proposer decided to withdraw this proposal.
Proposal to Remove Special African Policies From RIPE Policy Documents	ACCEPTED	2005-05	Address Policy	July 2005
Summary: To modify the policy document text to reflect full recognition of AfriNIC as a functioning RIR.