Current Global Policies

The following Global Policies are currently in place.

 

Ratified Policy Title and Link Explanation Translation (PDF)
May 2012 Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA Criteria governing the allocation of IPv4 address space from the IANA to the RIRs
September 2010 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries Criteria governing the allocation of ASN Blocks from IANA to RIRs
September 2006 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy For Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries Criteria governing the allocation of IPv6 address space from the IANA to the RIRs
An overview of global policy proposals under discussion can be found here.

Last modified on 09/01/2024