2. APNIC Services
• Resource Delegation (Statistics)
• IPv4 transfer
• MyAPNIC
• Helpdesk
• Community Engagement
• Whois database (new feature)
“Function as the RIR for
the Asia Pacific, in the
service of the community
of Members and others”
“Provide Internet registry
services to the highest
possible standards of
trust, neutrality, and
accuracy”
• Training
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7. IPv4 address transfer services
• Support for intra- and inter-RIR transfers
• Pre-approval service, with opt-in anonymous listing
• Broker listing; five registered so far
www.apnic.net/transfer-brokers
• Mailing list to enable the source and recipients of IPv4 address transfers
and IPv4 brokers to discuss topics relevant to transfers
apnic-transfers@apnic.net
• Public transfer log
ftp://ftp.apnic.net/public/transfers/apnic
• Transfer fees applied
– 20% of the transferred block’s annual fee (other holdings not included in the
calculation)
– Payable by the recipient, or by the source if transferred out of the APNIC region
• Policy proposal prop-104 was implemented on 18 February 2013
– Demonstrated need changed from 12 month to 24 month requirement
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8. Procedure of IPv4 market transfer
between APNIC account holders
1. The Recipient submits a pre-approval request via MyAPNIC and
gets APNIC approval
2. The Source and the Recipient reach transfer agreement
3. The Source initiates IPv4 transfer via MyAPNIC and indicates the
recipient account
4. The Recipient accepts the transfer in MyAPNIC
5. APNIC Hostmasters approve the transfer and invoice Recipient for
a transfer fee
6. The Recipient pays the transfer fee
7. APNIC Hostmasters transfer the resource from the source
account to the recipient account and update APNIC whois records
8. APNIC Hostmasters transfer the resource from the source account
to the recipient account and update APNIC whois records
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10. Inter-RIR transfers
• Completed transfers: 11 from ARIN to APNIC (Nov 2012 –
August 2013)
• Transfer time (including evaluation): one – two weeks
• Successfully transferred live network
– ARIN-managed resources transferred into the AP region, to be
managed by APNIC
• ARIN and APNIC stats overlap one day after the transfer
due to the time zone difference
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11. Procedure of IPv4 market transfer
from ARIN to APNIC account holders
1. The Recipient submits a pre-approval request via MyAPNIC and gets APNIC
approval
2. The Source and the Recipient reach transfer agreement
3. The Source contact ARIN to initiate IPv4 transfer and indicates the recipient’s APNIC
member account
4. ARIN evaluates the transfer request based on ARIN policy and forwards the transfer
request to APNIC after ARIN approval
5. APNIC confirms with the Recipient and invoice Recipient for a transfer fee
6. The Recipient pays the transfer fee to APNIC
7. APNIC delegates the resource to the recipient account and update APNIC whois
records
8. APNIC inform ARIN to update ARIN whois records
9. ARIN notify the Source the transfer has been completed
10. APNIC notify the Recipient the transfer has been completed
14. IPv4 market transfer by economy
50
45
40
Number of transfers
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
To
From
AU
MY
NZ
SG
CN
HK
SG
AP
HK
IN
MY
PH
SG
ID
SG
IN
JP
MN
NZ
HK
MY
MN
NZ
SG
PH
JP
SG
TH
PH
SG
BD
KH
AP
AU
CN
HK
IN
JP
PH
SG
5
AU
CN FJ
HK
ID IN JP MN MY
NZ
PH SG TH TW BDKH
ARIN
Economy
As at 30 September 2013
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15. What is MyAPNIC?
• A secure services website that enables Members to
manage Internet resources and account interactions with
APNIC online
• Uses 128-bit SSL
• https://myapnic.net
16. How it Works
APNIC public servers
APNIC internal system
Firewall
Server
MyAPNIC
server
Finance
system
Member ID
Person
Authority
Membership
& resource
system
https://myapnic.net
Client
Whois
master
Member’s
staff
17. Access to MyAPNIC
• MyAPNIC access is available to all authorized contacts of
APNIC accounts by registering your username and
password
• Corporate Contacts can register and get instant access
www.apnic.net/corporate_contacts
• Other contacts need their registration approved by their
Corporate Contact
21. What is local community
engagement?
• Extension of APNIC’s external liaison and outreach
• Support of local Internet community events
• Continuing to build rapport and support for APNIC Members
• Promote APNIC’s missions and services to the wider
Internet community
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22. Some observations
• Those who interact with APNIC regularly by emails or who are
unable to attend APNIC Conferences are able to meet APNIC
staff
• This allows APNIC Members and the wider Internet community to
provide direct feedback on APNIC services for continual
improvement
• Those who know very little of APNIC’s missions and services are
better informed
• Participants use the occasion to exchange information and share
common issues they are facing
• This is also a great opportunity to discuss ideas face-to-face, or
problems that are difficult to communicate by emails
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24. What activities are involved?
• Speaking at local Internet events
• Holding APNIC training events or workshops
• Holding APNIC Members gathering
– APNIC updates
• Providing Hostmaster consultations
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25. Events in 2013
• Traceroute 2013 (The biggest Internet party) – Indonesia
• Member gathering and CTO Forum BD – Bangladesh
• IPv6 event by ASTI – Philippines
• CommunicAsia 2013 – Singapore
• SANOG 22 – India
• Member gathering and HKNOG inauguration – Hong Kong
• Annual Cyber security week – Sri Lanka
• MYNOG – Malaysia
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28. Conferences
• APRICOT 2014: Bangkok, Thailand
– 18 to 28 February 2014 (includes APNIC 37)
https://2014.apricot.net
• APNIC 38 2014: Nouméa, New Caledonia
– 8 to 19 September 2014
• APRICOT 2015: Fukuoka, Japan
– 24 February to 6 March 2015 (includes APNIC 39 and APAN 39)
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29. Whois New Attributes
• Hints to content providers about the users of a network
resource
• ‘geoloc’ attribute is where the resources are used
– Example:
geoloc: -27.473136 153.01412!
• ‘language’ attribute is expected languages of users
– Example:
language: zh
• Available on the ‘inetnum’ and ‘inet6num’ objects now