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  Title:    Policies for historical Internet resources 
            in the APNIC Whois Database
 
  Short title:                    historical-resource-policies
  Document ref:                   APNIC-116
  Version:                        002
  Date of original publication:   19 January 2005
  Date of this version:           16 February 2009
  Review scheduled:               n/a
  Obsoletes:                      Previous versions
  Status:                         Obsolete
  Comments:                       n/a
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        Policies for historical Internet resources in the 
                       APNIC Whois Database


Table of contents
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1      Introduction

2      Definitions
2.1    Current resources
2.2    Historical resources

3      Principles of Internet resource management
3.1    Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space

4      Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database
4.1    Procedure for updating registrations
4.2    Policies applicable to updated historical resources

5      Recovery of unused address space

6      Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources
6.1    Application of this policy is optional
6.2    Transfer procedure
6.3    Policies applicable to transferred resources

7      Historical prefix exchange policy
7.1    Criteria for exchange of non-contiguous blocks

8      Fees for historical resources
8.1    Member fees
8.2    APNIC non-member fees




1      Introduction
-------------------

This document describes the policies and procedures for the management
of historical resource registrations in the APNIC Whois Database.



2      Definitions
------------------


2.1    Current resources 

       Current resources are Internet resources registered by APNIC 
       under explicit policies and agreements. Resources include 
       public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, Autonomous System numbers, 
       and reverse DNS delegations.


2.2    Historical resources

       Historical resources are Internet resources registered under
       early registry policies without formal agreements and include:

       * Registrations transferred to APNIC as part of the AUNIC to
         APNIC migration

             Some historical resource registrations have been 
             inherited by APNIC from the former AUNIC address 
             registry. A list of resources transferred to APNIC as 
             part of the migration is available at:

                 http://www.apnic.net/db/aunic/

       * Registrations transferred as part of the Early Registration
         Transfer (ERX) project

             Most historical registrations were initially made by 
             the global registries that predated ARIN, such as 
             DDN-NIC, SRI-NIC, and InterNIC. ARIN inherited these
             registrations automatically when it was established. 
             Historical registrations made to organisations in the
             APNIC region were transferred to APNIC during 2003 
             and 2004 as part of the RIRs' Early Registration 
             Transfer (ERX) project. A list of resources 
             transferred to APNIC as part of the ERX project is 
             available at:

                 http://www.apnic.net/db/erx/

       * Historical APNIC resources

             Historical APNIC resources were delegated to 
             organisations by APNIC prior to the introduction of 
             a membership structure. These resources have always
             been registered in the APNIC Whois Database, but if
             the resource holder did not become an APNIC member 
             at any time after the introduction of the membership
             structure, the resources were not made subject to 
             current APNIC policies.



3      Principles of Internet resource management
-------------------------------------------------

Historical resources were often delegated to organisations in a policy
environment quite different to those in use today. Historical resource
holders should be aware of the current goals of Internet resource
management. More information on the current policy environment can be
found in sections 5 and 6 of "Policies for IPv4 address space
management in the Asia Pacific region" at:

    http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/add-manage-policy.html

This document contains additional policies which specifically apply to
historical resources.


3.1    Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space

       Utilisation of historical IPv4 address space is taken into
       account when any organisation holding historical IPv4 addresses
       requests more IPv4 from APNIC. 

 
 
4      Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois Database
----------------------------------------------------------------

APNIC will protect all registrations of historical resources with the
APNIC-HM maintainer, a practice consistent with the management of
current resources.

To ensure integrity of information, APNIC will not update historical
information in the APNIC Whois Database until the resource holder
demonstrates the organisation's right to the resources and enters a
formal agreement with APNIC either as a member or non-member account
holder.


4.1    Procedure for updating registrations

       To request an update to a historical resource registration, 
       the following steps take place:

         1. The resource holder contacts APNIC.
         2. APNIC verifies the organisation is the legitimate holder
            of the resources.
         3. APNIC updates the historical resource registration in 
            the APNIC Whois Database.

       Detailed information on these steps is available in "Guide to 
       the maintenance of historical Internet resources" at:

           www.apnic.net/docs/policy/historical-maintain-guide.html 

       Please note that resource holders will not be able to update
       registration information if they fail to pay the fees 
       associated with their APNIC membership or non-member account.

       Historical resource holders with a current APNIC account have 
       access to MyAPNIC, which allows organisations to manage their 
       resources and account information via a secure website.


4.2    Policies applicable to updated historical resources

       Historical resources that are updated under this policy are
       subject to the registration requirements as specified in 
       section 5.1.2 of "Policies for IPv4 address space management 
       in the Asia Pacific region".



5      Recovery of unused address space
---------------------------------------

A significant amount of historical address space registered in the
APNIC Whois Database is not announced to the global routing table. To
recover these globally unrouted resources and place them back in the
free pool for reallocation to other networks, APNIC will contact
networks responsible for historical address space in the APNIC region
that has not been globally routed since 1 January 1998.



6      Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources
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This section describes the policies and procedures for voluntary
transfer of historical resource registrations to current APNIC account
holders.

Resources transferred under this policy will become subject to the
current APNIC policy framework.


6.1    Application of this policy is optional

       If historical resources are transferred to an APNIC member, 
       there is the option to make the transfer under the conditions 
       described in this policy.

       Transfers of Internet resources to current APNIC account 
       holders are purely optional. For information on the different 
       types of transfers available, please see "Guide to the 
       transfer of historical Internet resources".


6.2    Transfer procedure

       All transfers of historical resources to current APNIC 
       account holders made under this policy are recognised and 
       registered by APNIC. APNIC does not require any technical 
       review or approval of the resource's current use to approve
       the transfer. In addition, APNIC does not review any 
       agreements between the parties to a transfer and does not
       exert any control over the type of agreement between the 
       parties.

       To transfer historical resources, the following steps take 
       place:

         1. The APNIC member submits the Historical transfer 
            application form.
         2. APNIC verifies the existing holder of the resources.
         3. The existing holder of the resources provides 
            documents confirming the transfer to the APNIC member.
         4. APNIC transfers the resources to the APNIC member's 
            account.

       Detailed information on these steps is available in "Guide
       to the transfer of historical Internet resources" at:

           www.apnic.net/docs/policy/historical-transfer-guide.html


6.3    Policies applicable to transferred resources

       All resources transferred under this policy are subject to
       the provisions of all normal address management policies. 
       In particular, future address requests from the member must
       document the use of transferred resources as a part of the 
       member's current resource holdings.



7   Historical prefix exchange policy
-------------------------------------

Many networks hold noncontiguous historical address ranges that must
be announced separately to the global routing table. To help reduce
the size of the global routing table, APNIC will exchange
noncontiguous portable historical address ranges registered in the
APNIC Whois Database for a single portable CIDR range of equal length
or one bit shorter. For example, a network could exchange three
noncontiguous /24 address blocks for a contiguous /22 address block.


APNIC will not ask any questions about the utilisation of the address
ranges to be exchanged.

APNIC account holders and organisations with no existing relationship
with APNIC can take advantage this policy.


7.1    Criteria for exchange of noncontiguous blocks

       To exchange of noncontiguous address blocks, a network must 
       meet the following criteria:

       * at least three address ranges must be returned that are 
         routed separately;
       * all address ranges returned must be portable allocations
         or portable assignments;
       * APNIC can verify the network is the legitimate holder of 
         the address ranges; and
       * the network operates in the Asia Pacific area.

       Networks wishing to exchange noncontiguous address blocks 
       should use the Provider Independent IP address return form 
       at:

           http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/address-return-request



8      Fees for historical resources
------------------------------------

Historical resources are not subject to any APNIC fees unless the
resource registrations were updated under the policies described in
sections 4 and 6, "Protecting historical records in the APNIC Whois
Database" and "Policies for the transfer of historical Internet
resources". More information on administrative fees relevant to the
policies described in section 4 and 6 are described in detail below. 


8.1    Member fees

       APNIC members will not be charged any fees outside the 
       existing membership fee structure to maintain historical 
       resources under the policy "Protecting historical records in
       the APNIC Whois Database" described in section 4.

       Historical resources transferred to an APNIC member under the
       "Policies for the transfer of historical Internet resources" 
       described in section 6 will be considered when assessing the 
       APNIC membership tier at the time of the member's annual 
       renewal.


8.2    APNIC non-member fees

       Current APNIC non-member account holders and organisations 
       that do not have a relationship with APNIC will be subject to
       fees associated with historical resources in the following 
       situations:

         1. Resources are transferred to a different organisation
            under the "Policies for the transfer of historical 
            Internet resources" described in section 6.

              * Historical resources will then be subject to the 
                normal member or non-member fee structure.

         2. An APNIC non-member account holder or custodian with no
            current account with APNIC requests historical 
            registrations to be updated under the policy "Protecting
            historical records in the APNIC Whois Database" described
            in section 4.
            
              * These historical resource holders will be subject to
                a small annual account fee.
              * Noncontiguous historical address ranges exchanged 
                under the "Historical prefix exchange policy" 
                described in section 7 are also subject to the annual
                account fee.

       For more information on APNIC member and non-member fees, 
       please see:

         * APNIC fee schedule
           http://www.apnic.net/docs/corpdocs/member-fee-schedule.html

         * APNIC non-member fee schedule
           http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/non-member-fees