Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific) APNIC in the Pacific PITA AGM Fiji, 7-8 April 2003 Save Vocea Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific)
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
Regional Internet Registry What is APNIC? Regional Internet Registry Asia Pacific region Non-profit, neutral and independent What is an RIR? Regional authority for Internet Resource distribution IPv4 & IPv6 addresses Autonomous System numbers Reverse DNS delegation
Industry self-regulatory body More about APNIC… Industry self-regulatory body Open to participation by anyone with an interest in the management of Internet resources “Regulation” is done by APNIC “community” Is NOT Top-down but bottom-up consensus based policy decision making Technical standards body (like IETF) Registry or registrar for domain names
The “Internet Community” Global Internet Community APNIC Internet Community PITA (MoU) AP TLD org’s ISP Associations ITU Sector Membership …..etc… APRICOT APNIC Members APNIC Secretariat
Self-regulation in Practice – The Policy Process Pacific “community” voice here Policy meetings & SIGs, mailing lists Discussions within APNIC community Open to anyone Consensus of community Membership consensus By RIRs and community Open to anyone Policy is implemented
Participation is Easy and Important! Why? Business reasons Policies affect your business operating environment and are constantly changing Educational Learn and share experiences Stay abreast with latest developments in the Internet For whom? Anyone who is involved in managing Internet resources How? Join the “sig-policy” and “sig-db” http://www.apnic.net/community/lists/index.html Attend or listen to the meeting
APNIC Mailing Lists
How to Participate Continued APNIC Meetings 2 meetings per year 1 together with APRICOT Policy discussions Technical presentations & tutorials Meeting is multicast Tune in! It’s easy….. Need “realaudio”, “realplayer” APNIC16: Seoul, 19-22 August 2003 http://www.apnic.net/meetings/ APNIC17 & APRICOT2004 Kuala Lumpur, (February)
Pacific Update
Update for Pacific Activities since Nov 2002 Planned activities 2003 Customer assignments being registered 2nd opinion process followed Improved communications Largest Pacific presence in APRICOT 2003 & APNIC 15 to date Planned activities 2003 Full day APNIC training Visits within region To liaise with members, community, improve education and understanding Continued and close liaison
Total IPv4 Allocations to Pacific Countries
IPv4 Allocations in AP region
IPv4 Allocations - Global
Stay in touch with APNIC! Policy matters it is vital Participation via mailing lists, attending training and meetings Secretariat operational matters Email to helpdesk@apnic.net They are there to help you (one day turn around time) Helpdesk via phone (9am-7pm, UTC+10hrs) +61-7-3858 3188 Check the APNIC web pages frequently http://www.apnic.net
Be part of the Community! Questions? Thank you! save@apnic.net