Internet Numbers allocations in Africa Alain P. AINA AfNOG

18 Pages·2009·0.28 MB·English

ITU FORUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISIONS
OF WTSA-08
(Accra, Ghana, 16-17 June 2009)
Internet Numbers
allocations in Africa
Alain P. AINA

AfNOG

[email protected]
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Accra, Ghana, 16-17 June 2009 Union
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Numbers allocation in AFRICA
!Managed and coordinated by AfriNIC
since April 2005.
!One of the 5 RIRs
!Not for Profit
!Open Membership (from entities located legally
within countries in the AfriNIC service region)
!http://www.afrinic.net
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Services offered by AfriNIC
! Allocation & Assignment of internet numbers
:
! IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
! 2-byte, 4-byte AS Numbers
! Number Resource Registration:
" whois.afrinic.net port 43
! Management of reverse DNS
" ip6.arpa.
" in-addr.arpa.
! Coordination of policy development
! F2F Meetings (bi-annual)
! Involvement with the ASO, ICANN.
! Training: IPv6, DNS and Member Courses
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Resources held by AfriNIC
! Date Received from IANA Minimum size issued
IPv4
41/8 APR 2005 ! /22
197/8 OCT 2008 ! /22
IPv6
2001:4200::/23 JUN 2004 /32 PA ALLOCATIONS
/48 PI ASSIGNMENTS from
2001:43f8::/29
2C00:0000::/12 OCT 2006 /32
AS Numbers
AS32768 - AS33791 FEB 2005
AS36864 - AS37887 AUG 2005
5.0 - 5.1023 NOV 2006 !
Legacy !
196/8 April 2005 /24
Legacy block obtained after AfriNIC
Recognition.
Used for PI assignments and other
requirements.
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Source:http://www.afrinic.net/Registration/resources.htm Union
Some Numbers allocations
Statistics
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IPv4 ADDRESS SPACE
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Source:http://www.afrinic.net/statistics/ipv4_resources.htm Union
IPv4 ADDRESS SPACE(cont.d)
Total IPv4 Allocation & Assignment Growth
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
(/8 ) 0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8
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IPv6 ADDRESS SPACE
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Source:http://www.afrinic.net/statistics/ipv6_resources.htm Union
IPv6 ADDRESS SPACE(cont.d)
60
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40
30
20
10
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