SEE 4 | Belgrade - Serbia | 21 April 2015

Policy Development: Time to Join

Marco SchmidtPolicy Development Officer

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2Policy Development?

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RIPE Policy Development

• RIPE policies are made by people like you! • Policy development in RIPE is done via working

groups — following an open, bottom-up, consensus-based approach

• People share policy ideas in working group sessions at RIPE Meetings…

• …but all discussions and decisions take place on the mailing lists

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4Policy Development Process (PDP)

Discussion Phase

Review Phase

Last Call

Proposal Accepted

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Let’s use an Example…

2014-03, “Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments” • Would allow ASNs to be assigned for any need that

can’t be satisfied with an existing one• The RIPE NCC would no longer evaluate need, but

would record this• 1,000 ASN limit per organisation• 16-bit ASNs must be multihomed within nine

months

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Feedback on Mailing List 6

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Decision by requester!!

Easy to request ASN!!

ASN for any need!!

Accuracy of the RIPE Database

!Decision by requester!

!Policy complication!

!Risk of stockpiling ASNs!

!“Garbage collection”!

What do you think?

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Participation in Europe and the SEE Region 7

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• Ongoing: • 2015-01, “Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4

Allocations”

• 2015-02, “Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation”

• Recently Accepted: • Allow transfers of IPv4 PI, IPv6 and ASNs

• Inter-RIR transfer of Internet resources

• Remove IPv6 requirement when requesting /22 IPv4- IPv6 still necessary for future growth

8Recent Policy Developments

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• Get informed!

9And now?

• Join the discussion!

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How to Contribute your Opinion 10

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“I support this proposal”!!

“I support this proposal because…”!

!“I support this proposal,

but…”!!

“+1”

!“I oppose this proposal,

because…”! !

“I oppose this proposal as it stands, because…”!

!“I also oppose this proposal”!

!“-1”!O

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Attend RIPE Meetings 11

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Policy Development! 12

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• pdo@ripe.net• Twitter: @PDO_RIPE_NCC

13Useful Information

• https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals

• https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/ap

• bit.ly/APWGML14

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Questions? 14