APNIC Regional Update

Elly Tawhai Senior Internet Resource Analyst/Liaison Officer, Pacific, APNIC PacINET 2014 25 September 2014

Introduction to APNIC

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What is APNIC?

•  Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region -  One of five RIRs currently operating around the world -  Non-profit, membership organisation

•  Industry self-regulatory body -  Open -  Consensus-based -  Transparent

•  Meetings and mailing lists

–  http://meetings.apnic.net –  http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists

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Where is the APNIC Region?

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What is APNIC’s role?

•  APNIC provides Internet resource services to the Asia Pacific Region –  IPv4, IPv6, ASN –  Maintains the Whois database –  Provides reverse DNS delegation for the resources

allocated to the region

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What does APNIC do?

•  Facilitate the policy development process –  Via mailing lists and meetings

•  Implements policy changes –  When the community has discussed and agreed upon

them

•  Information dissemination •  Training services •  Collaboration & Liaison

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APNIC from a Global Perspective

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IP Addresses

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What is an IP Address?

•  An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that identifies a device on a computer network

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What is an IP Address?

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193.0.0.131

196.216.2.1

192.149.252.7

200.160.2.15

202.12.29.20

192.0.0.214

206.131.253.68

116.68.148.101 202.12.29.142

What is an IP Address?

•  An IP address is a number •  Every device directly connected to the Internet

needs a unique IP address •  There are two types of IP addresses

–  IPv4 and IPv6

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Internet Number Registry Structure

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Who need IP Addresses?

•  Service providers –  To be used in network infrastructure –  To be assigned to customers

•  Independent networks –  To be used in their own networks

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Why get IP Addresses?

•  Service providers –  One of the key components in service provision

•  Independent networks –  Allows easier management of multiple

connection to ISPs/IXPs –  Removes the need to renumber when changing

providers

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How to get IP Addresses?

•  Service providers and independent network operators get their IP addresses from their Internet Registry (National or Regional) –  Must meet current policy criteria –  Maximum /21 (2,048 addresses) of IPv4 –  Initial /48 to /32 of IPv6

•  Casual users get their IP addresses from their service provider (ISP, hosting, data centre etc.)

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Ways Service Providers or Independent networks

get IPv4 in AP region

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Ways to get IPv4 in the AP region

•  Rationing APNIC’s ‘last block’ of IPv4

•  IPv4 address transfer

•  Recycling returned IPv4 address space

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Rationing the ‘last block’

•  APNIC’s last remaining block is 103.0.0.0/8 –  Equal to 16,777,216 addresses

•  Each member can only get up to 1,024 addresses (/22)

•  Allows new members to get a little bit of IPv4 before it completely runs out

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IPv4 address transfer

•  Transfer is allowed through: –  Merger & Acquisition –  Needs based market transfer

•  Needs based market transfer –  The recipient (or buyer) must show evidence of need before a

transfer can be registered by APNIC –  Policy designed by the community to prevent hoarding

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IPv4 Transfers

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Using listing service Pre-approval usage Statistics as at 31 August

Recycling returned IPv4 address space

•  Address space returned to IANA will be re-distributed equally to all 5 Regional Internet Registries –  prop-105: Distribution of returned IPv4 address

–  implemented May 2014

•  The re-distributed space received by APNIC is rationed like the ‘last block’ –  A member can only get up to 1,024 addresses (/22) from recycled

pool

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IPv4 Delegations

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By pool By size By Member Statistics as at 31 August

IPv4 sourcing strategy in AP

•  If needing a large number of IPv4 addresses, consider market transfer by following these steps:

1.  Get pre-approval from APNIC 2.  Find a source (seller or broker)

•  Check apnic-transfer@apnic.net mailing list

3.  Execute the transfer and register it at APNIC

•  If needing just a small amount of IPv4 addresses for your corporate customer, consider signing them up as an APNIC member –  Get up to 1,024 addresses (/22) from last block –  And up to 1,024 addresses (/22) from recycled pool

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Referral application

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So why IPv6?

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Status of IPv4

•  Internet Protocol (IP) addresses uniquely identify devices on the Internet

•  Currently, almost all devices connected to networks use the IP version 4 (IPv4) address system

•  IPv4 has more than 4 billion possible address combinations, but these are being used up quickly –  APNIC reached its final /8 IPv4 block on 15 April 2011

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IPv6

•  Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) was developed to ensure the continued growth and innovation of the Internet –  IPv6 offers an extremely large (212^8) address space, as each

address is 128 bits long, rather than 32 bits

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IPv6 Delegations

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Key business drivers for IPv6

•  IPv6 enables the sustainable growth of the Internet –  This in itself is a major motivation to deploy IPv6

•  IPv6 provides the possibility for new services and business opportunities on large-scale IP installations: –  e.g., smartphones, smart grid initiatives, and cloud computing –  These have all driven an increase in demand for IP addresses

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Challenges of IPv6

•  There are some challenges associated with IPv6 deployment

•  A device connected via IPv4 cannot communicate directly with a device connected via IPv6 –  This poses a compatibility challenge; until all networks and devices

are IPv6 capable, we need to run both protocols simultaneously

•  What IPv6 Transition Technologies to employee?

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How can APNIC help

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APNIC Development services

•  Training

•  Engineering Assistance

•  Infrastructure projects

•  Support for community development and engagement (NOGs, fellowships and engagement with other AP Internet organizations etc.)

•  ISIF projects and awards

•  Policy

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Responding to the needs of community

•  Training (about 3,000 trainees a year in 19 of 56 economies)

•  Engineering assistance (2-3 projects)

•  Fellowships (14 APNIC 38 fellows from 10 nations; 2 youth fellows)

•  Community development (8 NOGs supported in 2014)

•  Project grants (ISIF projects highlighting the services and impact of member networks)

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Training Type

•  Workshops: 3 - 5 days

•  Tutorials: 1 - 2 days

•  E-learning: 1 - 2 hours

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Training Focus

1.  IP and AS resources

2.  Reverse DNS

3.  Network security

4.  Routing

5.  IPv6

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Engineering Assistance (EA)

What? •  Independent advice and assistance from networking experts •  Network design and optimization, guidance on best current

practices, and deployment of operational technologies, IPv6, etc.

Why? •  To assist and support APNIC’s members in the design and

operation of their network infrastructure

Where? •  Within APNIC’s service region

How much? •  On a cost-recovery basis

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ISIF Asia Awards and Grants

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Supporting technical innovation for socio-economic development

in the Asia Pacific

Awards Grants Economies 5 from 93 applications

12 from 139 applications

Cook Islands, Kiribati, New Zealand, Tuvalu, India, Australia/Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Micronesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vanuatu

Other news

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APNIC Survey 2014

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5.91

6.15

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A5.2 Assessment on APNIC on Value of services &

membership

A5.1 Assessment on APNIC on Quality of services

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Assessment of APNIC performance in general

Focus Groups held in 17 economies

1,039 Survey responses – thank you!

Reports available: www.apnic.net/survey

Responses from 56 economies

Survey + Focus Group Themes

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Value / Fees

Communications

Training

Transparency

Community Engagement

Services

Improving Communication

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Our goal: Provide clear information where you want to read it

New APNIC Blog – more relaxed

language, richer content, community participation

‘Event wraps’ for clear reporting of

APNIC event activities

More active social media + APNIC is now on Weibo!

Updated APNIC background videos

Website refresh – more to come!

You’re Invited!

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Thanks Elly Tawhai

elly@apnic.net