The Chair of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council forwarded, on February 4, 2009, a Proposed Global Policy for Remaining IPv4 Address Space, for ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board.

A press release by ICANN stated that essentially, the proposal states that each Regional Internet Registry, RIR, be allocated one /8 IPv4 address block when the IANA free pool of IPv4 address space reaches five remaining /8 blocks.

The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), known as the ASO MoU, between the RIRs/NRO and ICANN.

There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures for handling global policy proposals in this context. In line with the procedures, a final call for public comments is now open until February 26, 2009.

The Proposed Global Policy for Remaining IPv4 Address Space has progressed through the bottom-up policy development processes of the Regional Internet Registries since spring 2007, as described in a series of "early awareness" reports posted on the ICANN website.

SOURCE:AGIPNEWS