Policy Ratification: Learn about Each Proposal
July 22, 2019
Two of the eleven policy proposals analyzed and debated during the Public Policy Forum held during LACNIC 31 in Punta Cana have been ratified and one of them has already been implemented.
The policy proposal that has already been implemented is a clarification of IPv6 sub-assignments to end users. Promoted by Jordi Palet, this policy redefines the term “to assign” for IPv6 end users as “to delegate address space to an end user, to be exclusively used within the infrastructure operated by said end user, as well as for interconnection purposes.” In addition, it prohibits sub-assignments to third parties outside such infrastructure.
The second proposal that was ratified but has not yet been implemented allows the transfer of IPv4 resources between LACNIC and other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
Promoted by Jordi Palet Martínez, Edwin Salazar and Edmundo Cázarez, this proposal
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extends the current mechanism for transferring IPv4 addresses within the region to allow such transfers between different regions, thus aligning LACNIC with an existing market (APNIC, ARIN and RIPE allow inter-RIR transfers).
If you would like to learn more about IPv4 transfers, we invite you to join the webinar that LACNIC is organizing on this topic which is scheduled to take place on 22 August. More information on this webinar will be published shortly.
In addition, two new policy proposals are currently under discussion: