Results of the LACNIC V Public Forum
On November 20, 2003, in the city of Havana, Cuba, LACNIC's Public Forum was held. The Public Forum is an open meeting where the Internet resource allocation policies to be applied in Latin America and the Caribbean are discussed.
Proposals Prepared by the Work Groups
On this occasion the Public Forum received the presentation of four new
policy proposals prepared by the Work Groups summoned through LACNIC's
public lists on July 28, 2003.
Likewise, these proposals were published on LACNIC's public lists two weeks
prior to the Public Forum meeting in order to receive comments from the
community in general.
The attributions of the Public Forum include accepting, rejecting or
modifying the proposals prepared by the Work Groups.
The proposals that were considered at the Public Forum were the following:
- IPv6 Policy for the region covered by LACNIC
- Lame Delegation Policy
- Microallocation Policy for Multihomed End Users
- Experimental Allocation Policy
The results of the evaluation performed by the Public Forum are as follows
IPv6 Policy for the region covered by LACNIC
The proposal presented by this group may be found here.
The Public Forum approved the modification of article 5.1.1 of the current
IPv6 policy in the region. This article mentions the requirements for the
initial allocation of IPv6 blocks to organizations established within the
area covered by LACNIC.
The new requirements approved by the Public Forum for the initial
allocation of IPv6 blocks are as follows:
- Be a LIR or an ISP;
- Not be an end site (end user);
- Document a detailed plan for the services and IPv6 connectivity to be
offered to other organizations (clients)
- Announce a single block in the Internet inter-domain routing system, aggregating the total IPv6 address allocation received, within a period not longer than 12 months
- Offer IPv6 services to clients physically located within the region covered
by LACNIC within a period not longer than 24 months.
Item e) of the original proposal presented by the Work Group was modified, eliminating the requirement that the IPv6 service be native.
This Work Group continues operating with the aim of analyzing (as in other regions) possible modifications to IPv6 policies for the region covered by LACNIC.
Lame Delegation Policy
The proposal presented by this group may be found at
(http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicv/lame-delegation-en.pdf).
The current efforts made by LACNIC (http://lacnic.net/en/lame-verification.html) in relation to the detection and notification of Lame
Delegation problems were considered.
The Public Forum decided to postpone the acceptance of this new policy
until a new evaluation is made at the LACNIC VI meeting to be held in
Uruguay, mainly for the following reasons:
- A longer period of notification is required for implementing new Lame
Delegation policies. The current procedure, mentioned earlier, helps this
process.
- It is necessary to evaluate possible changes to LACNIC's system in
order to optimize a possible deactivation phase of DNS servers with Lame
Delegation problems.
This Work Group continues operating with the aim of analyzing the impact of
the current detection and notification processes carried out by the staff
of LACNIC and presenting a new proposal based on these results at LACNIC
VI.
Microallocation Policy for Multihomed End Users
The proposal presented by this group may be found at
(http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicv/micro-en.pdf)
This policy is currently being applied, and it was approved during the
Public Forum held in the city of Santiago, Chile, at LACNIC IV in April,
2002. However, the Forum considered that it was appropriate that this Work
Group continue operating in order to analyze additional requirements to
apply the IPv4 block allocation to End Users that qualify under this
criterion.
The Public Forum approved the modification of article 3.3.6 of the current
IPv4 policy in the region. This article mentions the requirements for
assigning IPv4 blocks to multihomed end users established within the area
covered by LACNIC.
The Forum accepted the following proposal, presented by the Work Group,
which will be included as an additional requirement for assigning space
under the multihomed end user criterion:
Require an allocation equivalent to a /25 previously allocated by the
applicant's Internet Service Provider in order to qualify for the
microallocation of IPv4 address space to Multihomed End Users.
The tasks of this Work Group finalizes with the presentation of this
proposal.
Experimental Allocation Policy
The proposal presented by this group may be found at
(http://lacnic.net/documentos/politicas/pres-p-asign-exp.pdf)
This is a new policy, the intention of which is to allocate Internet
resources to organizations that justify their use for experimental and
research purposes.
The Public Forum approved the Work Group's proposal, with the following
modifications (highlighted in bold lettering):
In order to receive an initial allocation, the experiment shall meet one of
the following requirements:
- Be based on an IETF RFC designated as an experimental RFC
- Be considered by LACNIC and by external specialists on the subject as
favorable for the development of the region and technology in general.
In order to obtain an experimental allocation, the applicant shall:
Initially submit all the information relevant to the experiment that LACNIC and external specialists on the subject consider necessary to assess the application.
In general terms, the Public Forum agreed on including the external
specialists in the process of evaluating projects in order to qualify for
the allocation of Internet resources under this criterion.
The tasks of this Work Group finalizes with the presentation of this
proposal.
Work Group Reports
In addition to the four Work Groups that presented proposals during the
Public Forum, there are four other Work Groups that were unable to generate
a concrete proposal. Even so, their progress was reported during the forum.
RWhois Work Group
The report presented by this group may be found at
(http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicv/rwhois-en.pdf)
ARIN staff commented on aspects of this policy within its region, which is
the only region it is in place. At this moment new policies on this
criterion are being studied, as there are Whois servers that are not
operative one hundred percent of the time and because of this the service
does not fulfill the objectives of the RWhois policy.
The CRISP project was mentioned, which is currently being discussed at IETF
as a global solution for the Referral Whois (RWhois) issue.
The continuity of this Work Group will be analyzed at a dater date, through
LACNIC's public lists.
Reallocation Windows Work Group
This Work Group did not publish a report.
This Reallocation Windows policy is already being implemented within the
region covered by LACNIC; it is part of the requirements for assigning
additional IPv4 blocks to Internet Service Providers. Article 2.3.4
(http://lacnic.net/en/politicas/manual3.html)
The aim of this Work Group is to try to determine the convenience of
adopting dynamic windows that would allow moving the /23 block established
by this policy. For the second consecutive time, this Work Group did not
present a proposal at the Public Forum.
The Public Forum approved the finalization of this Work Group.
Work Group on LACNIC Procedures
This Work Group did not publish a report.
The aim of this Work Group is to recommend how to improve the procedures
used at LACNIC, including the formats and usage of Internet resource
application forms, LACNIC System, procedures used for application
processing, etc.
The Public Forum considered that this matter is important, and therefore
approved the continuation of this Work Group.
Work Group on LACNIC Policy Edition
This Work Group did not publish a report.
The creation of this Work Group was proposed in order to analyze and
present recommendations on the most convenient way to edit, designate and
publish LACNIC's policies, and how to standardize their format, so that
they can be readily understandable and that any modification or new policy
may be readily incorporated into existing documents.
The Public Forum approved the finalization of this Work Group, but the
staff at LACNIC were left in charge of these tasks. In addition, the
preparation of a glossary of terms was suggested to enable the
standardization of the terminology used in all of LACNIC's documentation.
LACNIC Policy Development Procedures
One of the most important issues discussed during the Public Forum was
LACNIC's Policy Development Process.
The current procedure was established by LACNIC's Board of Directors in
November, 2002, and it was to be temporary until a final procedure was
defined through discussions within the Internet community of Latin America
and the Caribbean. The Policy Development Process will define the steps
that have to be followed for establishing the criteria for allocating
Internet resources within the region covered by LACNIC.
There is currently one proposal (http://lacnic.net/en/d-politicas.html)
which was submitted for the consideration of the Internet community through
the public lists and during the Public Forum at LACNIC IV in the city of
Santiago, Chile, in April, 2003.
During this Public Forum in the city of Havana, possible modifications to
the text of the original proposal were discussed, with the aim of improving
some areas on the basis of the experience acquired through the application
of the temporary procedure that is being used at the moment.
Through this Forum, the incorporation of the following changes was
approved.
- Use the policy list for presenting new proposals and modifications to
existing policies
- Make the creation of a work group optional
- The number of members must not be limited
- The debate and consensus must occur within the list, and the approval at the Public Forum
- Maintain the figure of the "chair"
- Maintain the discussion and approval of the policy within the Public Forum
- Maintain the "ratification" of a policy at the Board of Directors' level
(including the validation on the part of the staff)
- Modify the role of LACNIC's member assembly so that it does not ratify the
policies approved by the Public Forum and the Directory, but rather assign
it the attribution of canceling a policy that in practices has proved
harmful for the community.
In addition, the Forum presented the following recommendations in relation
to the Policy Development Process
- Continue the discussion through the public lists with the proposed changes
- The staff should perform a more in-depth investigation on the definition of the term "consensus" and its application in LACNIC's Policy Development Process
Global IPv4 Allocation Policy Proposed by IANA to Regional Internet
Registries
During the Public Forum a Global Policy was proposed that will regulate how
IANA, which acts as central repository for the IPv4 address universe, will
allocate this address space to Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
This proposal was prepared jointly by the four existing Regional Internet
Registries. It is considered to be a global policy, because the same
criterion shall be applied to these four RIRs.
This policy is the consequence of the fact that at this moment there is no
formal criterion discussed by the Internet community whereby IANA assesses
these allocations to RIRs. This proposal had already been discussed in the
regions covered by ARIN, RIPE and APNIC.
Likewise, this proposal was notified through LACNIC's public lists and
published on its website with the aim of receiving comments.
The proposal may be found at http://lacnic.net/en/alloc-ipv4.html
The document presented during the Public Forum is available here
As a result of the presentation, the Public Forum approved this proposal
(as was the case in the remaining regions).
Implementation of the Results of the Public Forum
The results of the Public Forum are subject to ratification by LACNIC's
Board of Directors. At the Board of Directors meeting to be held on
Wednesday December 3, 2003, together with the staff of LACNIC, the
implementation dates and strategies for the issues agreed on during the
Public Forum will be decided.
Summary
The following is a brief summary of the most relevant results of the Public
Forum at LACNIC V:
- Definition of a new Internet resource allocation policy for experimental
purposes.
- Modification of the IPv6 policy in order to adapt it to the region of Latin
America and the Caribbean.
- Definition of the final criteria for allocating IPv4 blocks to multihomed
end users.
- Approval of Global IPv4 Allocation Policy Proposed by IANA to Regional
Internet Registries
- The following Work Groups shall continue working. IPv6 for the region
covered by LACNIC, LACNIC Procedures, Lame Delegation. The continuity of
the Rwhois Work Group shall be defined at a later date through the public
lists.
- The following Work Groups shall no longer continue working. Experimental
Allocations, Multihomed End User Allocations, Policy Edition, Reallocation
Windows.
- Improvements for the Policy Development Procedure were defined
- The staff at LACNIC shall be in charge of the project of standardizing the
documentation generated by the policy development procedure, with the aim
of making this more intuitive, readily accessible and easier to follow-up.
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