Senior Internet Resource Analyst, Wita Laksano, explains IPv4 address transfers in a presentation at the recent IDNOG 2 in Jakarta.

1. Issue Date:
Revision:
IPv4 Address
Transfers
IDNOG2 2015
Wita Laksano
[08 June 2015]
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2. IPv4 delegated in Indonesia
2
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

3. IPv4 delegated in the region
3
69,242
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
CN JP KR AU IN TW ID VN HK TH NZ MY SG PH PK
IPv4 Delegated: number of /24s

4. Can you still get IPv4 from APNIC?
4

6. IPv4 address transfer
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What is an IPv4 address transfer?
• A transfer occurs when IPv4 addresses are moved
from one legal entity (the source) to another (the
recipient)
• The transfer will change the custodianship of IPv4
addresses from the source entity to the recipient
• As of today, 31 requests of IPv4 address transfer have
been processed for Indonesia

7. Who can do it and how?
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IPv4 address can be transferred between your
organization/company and:
 Other APNIC Members
 Member of NIRs within APNIC
 Member of other RIRs, e.g. ARIN
Let’s move to the next slides to see how you can do it 

8. Transfer between APNIC Members
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• APNIC current account holders may transfer IPv4
address blocks of /24 or greater between each other
• The addresses must be administered by APNIC
• How to initiate such transfer requests?
• Source account to initiate transfer and the recipient
account to accept transfer via MyAPNIC
• Recipient account to justify the needs of the
resources that will be transferred through
evaluation process by APNIC
• Is there a transfer fee involved?
• http://www.apnic.net/fees

9. Transfer between APNIC and NIRs
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• Transfer from APNIC Member to NIRs member:
- Source account submits the request to APNIC
- APNIC contacts the recipient NIR
- Transfer request evaluated by NIR
• Transfer from NIRs member to APNIC Member:
- Source entity submits the request to their NIR
- The NIR contacts APNIC
- APNIC contacts the recipient and evaluates

10. NIR IPv4 transfer policy information
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11. Transfer with other RIR members
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• Transfer from APNIC Member to other RIR member:
- Source entity submits the request to APNIC
- APNIC contacts the recipient RIR
• Transfer from other RIR member to APNIC Member:
- Source entity submits the request to their RIR
- The RIR contacts APNIC
• Transfer requests are evaluated by APNIC and the RIR
• Transfer fees? Check the APNIC and RIR websites

12. Total number of IPv4 transfers
over the years
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0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total
Total

13. How many IPv4 transfers involved in
final /8 (103/8)
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2011 2012 2013 2014 Total
non-103/8
103/8
(Not including the
IANA recycled pool)

14. Tips
• IPv4 transfer pre-approval
• IPv4 transfer listing service
• Mailing list

15. IPv4 transfer pre-approval
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Benefits:
• Allows you to demonstrate your need for the IPv4 block
in advance
• Allows the transfer process to be completed faster as
the evaluation is done beforehand
How to submit?
Complete the “Transfer pre-approval” form via MyAPNIC
More info: http://www.apnic.net/pre-approval

16. Transfer pre-approval form in MyAPNIC
(recipient account)
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17. IPv4 transfer listing service
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• Lists Members who have received pre-approval from
APNIC, and have given APNIC permission to make their
needs available on a public website
• To help the source account make contact with the
recipient account that requires more IPv4 address
• For more information, please visit:
http://www.apnic.net/pre-approval-listing

18. IPv4 transfer listing service
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19. APNIC Transfer Mailing list
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• Facilitates discussion on topics related to IPv4 transfers
• Shares availability of unused IPv4 address
• Discuss your requirement for IPv4 addresses
• To subscribe to the mailing list, please visit:
http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists

20. Internet resources transfer due to
merger/ acquisition
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• Due to organization restructure/ acquisition of one
organization by another
• What documentation is required?
– e.g. sales/ transfer agreement issue by local authorities
• Transfer condition: recipient account needs to become an
APNIC Member
• No transfer fees are involved
• Next renewal fee is calculated based on total resource
holdings

21. Conditions and
APNIC policy

22. Why are /22s delegated by APNIC?
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23. How APNIC policies are created
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24. Why is policy development
important?
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• Fair and consistent distribution of Internet number
resources
• Anyone can participate in how Internet number resources
are managed
For example:
– How much Internet number resources you can get
– How IP addresses are transferred

25. Current APNIC IPv4 address policy
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• Friday, 15 April 2011: each APNIC account holder is only
eligible to receive IPv4 address /22 from the APNIC 103/8
block
• Tuesday, 27 May 2014: each APNIC account holder
became eligible to receive additional delegations up to a
maximum of /22 address space from the IANA recycled
pool
• Spirit of the policies: to assist existing and new Members
with their IPv4 requirement during the transition to IPv6
• Indonesia has received 486144 IPv4 addresses under this
policy

26. More on Policy
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• Single policy document
– To make it easier for users to consult the policy documentation, the
APNIC Secretariat has recently merged seven different policy
documents into a single policy manual
– http://www.apnic.net/policy/resources
• Policy Champions program
– A campaign to encourage NOGs to participate in the Policy
Development Process

27. Improvement to PDP
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APNIC Confer tool

28. Live demo of Confer tool
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• IDNOG 2 2015 is a successful event?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Neutral
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
• To test:
• Browse to http://confer.apnic.net
• Register email address, password, display name and start voting!

29. Issue Date:
Revision:

30. You’re Invited!
• APNIC 40: Jakarta, Indonesia from 3 to 10 Sept 2015
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