APNIC-001.0 APNIC Staff Informational Document December 1993 Asia Pacific Network Information Center IP Network Address Application Form Explanation Issued: January 1, 1994 Expires: July 1, 1994 This document describes the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) IP network address application form APNIC-002. APNIC-002 will be accepted by the APNIC, national, and other Internet Registries across the Asia Pacific region and will allow you to apply for a globally unique IP network address. If you are served by a national or other local Internet Registry, howerver, they may provide a similar form in the local language. If such is the case, you should use the local form if possible. The previously centralized procedures for obtaining IP network addresses from the global Internet registry (now the InterNIC and form- erly known as nic.ddn.mil or sri-nic) have been replaced by a distri- buted system whereby applications for IP network addresses are processed by a hierarchy of Internet Registries. This hierarchy is graphically portrayed in the figure below: Global Registry (InterNIC) * * * * * * Regional ... Regional Registry Registry *(APNIC) * (RIPE NCC) * * * * * * National Local National Registry Registry Registry * * * * * * Local ... Local Registry Registry The global Internet registry (InterNIC) delegates blocks of IP addresses to the regional registries, one such being the APNIC which APNIC Staff [Page 1] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 supports the Asia Pacific region. The regional registries in turn delegate blocks of IP addresses to national or other local registries, if such organizations exist. The local or national registry may further delegate blocks of addresses to other local registries such as service providers, depending on the country or region. Thus, the distribution of IP network addresses is delegated to organizations closer to the actual user of the addresses. This document consists of a group of notes which are intended to help you complete your network address application. Please read these notes carefully prior to filling in your application. When you have completed your application, you should submit it to the level of the Internet registry hierarchy nearest you. In most cases, you will be able to submit your application to your local or national Internet registry. If no such registry exists, you may submit your form to the APNIC. Regardless of whether you are applying for class B or C addresses, you should always make your application to the Internet registry nearest you. In the case of class B addresses however, assignments are only made by the global Internet registry. If your local or national Inter- net registry determines that your application for a class B address is justified, the application will be forwarded to the InterNIC for further evaluation. See the section titled "Additional Hints for Organizations Requesting Class B Network Addresses" for more details. If you have any questions regarding the address allocation pro- cedures, documentation, or the forms provided, please do not hesitate to contact your nearest Internet registry or the APNIC. Yours sincerely, hostmaster@apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Center c/o Univerity of Tokyo, Computer Center Email: hostmaster@apnic.net 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku Tel: +81-3-5684-7747 Tokyo 113 JAPAN (Temporary address) Fax: +81-3-5684-7256 APNIC Staff [Page 2] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 Supporting Notes for the IP Request Form These notes will guide you in completing the IP network address request form APNIC-002 correctly. Before submitting your request, please read this document and go over the application form to ensure you understand all the fields and the various values you should supply for those fields. While this form is accepted by all the Internet registries across the Asia Pacific region, an equivalent form for requesting IP addresses may be available from your national or local Internet registry. If you are served by a national or local Internet registry and such a form exists, you should use that form in preference to this form if at all possible. Accompanying these supporting notes is an example of a completed template which you may use for your reference. If you are unsure about any of the fields, please ask your nearest Internet registry for help. When you have completed the form, please submit it to your nearest Internet registry and your application will be processed as soon as pos- sible. The APNIC network address application form APNIC-002 is broken up into five sections: administrative details, contact details, technical details, network details, and proxy details. These five sections, their contents, and the format of their fields are described in turn. Following the description of the application form fields are some additional notes for those interested in applying for a class B address. If you will be applying for a class B address, please insure that you read and understand these notes prior to submitting your application. Finally, a small bibliography is provided which you may find useful in understanding the way IP network addresses are used and how they are allocated. APNIC Staff [Page 3] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 PART A - Administrative Details The information supplied for this section together with the assigned network address(es) will be entered into a database of Asia Pacific network information which is accessible by the entire Internet community. This section provides information on the administrative details necessary to maintain a database entry about your network. descr: Please complete this field with a short description of the organization to which the address will be allocated, including the location. The full postal address is not necessary for this field as this is required in the contact person templates. Example: descr: Beyond All Recognition, Inc. descr: Network Bugs Feeding Facility descr: Ourtown, Thisprovince country: Please provide the two letter country code (ISO 3166) most appropriate for the organization. While this may be problematic for networks crossing national boundaries, please choose the most appropriate country based on the location of the administrative contact. If you do not know the appropriate ISO code for the country, please complete with the country's full name. Examples: country: FC country: Republic of Fictitious Country admin-c: Please complete this field with the name or NIC handle (preferred, if known) of the person who is the administrative contact for the network. If you specify a NIC handle, and the NIC handle does not come from the APNIC, please put the domain name of the NIC following the handle. If the individual does not have a NIC handle, or you do not remember it, please provide the individual's full name, given name(s) first followed by family name and without formal titles such as `Dr', `Prof', or `Sir', and without periods between names or initials. Examples: admin-c: John E Doe admin-c: JD58 internic.net APNIC Staff [Page 4] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 tech-c: Please give the name of technical contact person (or NIC handle as mentioned above). There can be more than one name specified as the technical contact. NOTE: please give names or NIC handles for both the administrative AND the technical contact. If two different names are not appropriate, then the same name for both contacts is fine. Example as above. APNIC Staff [Page 5] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 Part B - Contact details This section specifies contact information for the "tech-c" and "admin-c" person or persons mentioned above. Contact information for both the administrative and technical contacts must exist in the APNIC database. If an individual's contact information already exists within database, it is not necessary to supply this part of the application but instead, please provide the individual's NIC handles instead of their names for the "tech-c" and "admin-c" entries above. Note that this information, as with the administrative fields above, will be included in the publicly accessible APNIC database. person: Please give the individual's full name, given name(s) first followed by family name. Please do not include the person's title (e.g. Dr, Prof, etc) and do not put periods following abbreviations. The person's name must be written identically to the way it was provided in the "admin-c:" and "tech-c:" fields in Part A. Example: person: John E Doe address: Please complete this field with the full postal address of the contact person, written as you would for ordinary postal mail using one line for each part of the address as shown below. Example: address: Beyond All Recognition, Incorporated address: 1234 Streetname St., Suite 567 address: Ourtown, Thisprovince, 890 address: Fictitious Country phone: Please give the work telephone number of the person specified above as it would be dialed internationally, e.g., + (most numbers should not include the leading zero when specifying the area code). More than one telephone number is allowed, and should be specified on a separate line in the order of most to least preferred. Example: phone: +99 20 1233 4676 phone: +99 20 1233 4677 ext. 4711 fax-no: Please complete with the facsimile number of the person specified above. Use the same rules as specified for telephone APNIC Staff [Page 6] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 number above, Example: fax-no: +99 20 12334678 e-mail: Please supply the appropriate electronic mail address for the contact. If you DO NOT have e-mail connectivity or your e-mail system is and will remain unconnected to the Internet, please leave this field blank. If you do specify an email address please ensure that it has a valid domain name. Example: e-mail: johndoe@terabit.nl or nic-hdl: This refers to a Network Information Center (NIC) handle which is a unique identifier assigned and used by a NIC to unambiguously refer to network contact people. If you do not have a NIC handle, please leave blank, and one will be assigned to you. If you have a NIC handle that was NOT allocated by the APNIC, please include the domain name of the NIC following the NIC handle. Examples: nic-hdl: JD58 internic.net nic-hdl: JD0013NZ APNIC Staff [Page 7] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 PART C - Technical Details Information supplied below helps us evaluate and process your request. It will be kept IN CONFIDENCE and is for internal use only. It will NOT be entered into the APNIC Network Management Database. form: This field indicates the version of the application form you are submitting. You should insure the form you are using is up to date. This field has already been completed for you. request-type: Please specify the quantity and class of network addresses you are requesting. In making your application, please be guided by the following EXAMPLES of the number of hosts which relate to the quantity of network numbers requested: 1 class C number (maximum 254 hosts) 2 class C numbers (maximum 508 hosts) 4 class C numbers (maximum 1016 hosts) 8 class C numbers (maximum 2032 hosts) 16 class C numbers (maximum 4064 hosts) 32 class C numbers (maximum 8128 hosts) a single class B number other (please specify) Example: request-type: 2 class C machine-0: Please provide the number of machines in your organization that currently require a unique IP address. Do not forget to include terminal servers, network addresses needed for transit networks, etc., when calculating this number. Example: machine-0: 100 machine-1: machine-2: As above for machine-0 but an estimation for the number of machines in 1 and 2 years time. Examples: machine-1: 175 machine-2: 305 subnet-0: Please state the number of subnets required for the current APNIC Staff [Page 8] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 network. A subnet refers to the physical parts of the network which need a unique (sub)net number. Example: subnet-0: 10 subnet-1: subnet-2: As above for subnet-0 but an estimation for the number of subnets in 1 and 2 years time. Examples: subnet-1: 15 subnet-2: 20 inet-connect: Please state whether you plan to connect to the Internet. Please answer with whichever of the following options most closely describes the position of your organization: - will never connect - already connected - plan to connect If you are "already connected" to the Internet, please state which service provider you are connected to. If you answer with "plan to connect" then please make an estimate of the date you hope to connect on, specifying (if possible) the month, the year and through whom if known. Examples: inet-connect: will never connect inet-connect: plan to connect 930401 Net-Provider Inc exist-ip-net: Has your organization already obtained an IP network address or addresses? If so, please give the network address or addresses. If you have already been allocated multiple address in a contiguous block (e.g., a CIDR block), list the start and end addresses of your block. If you have not been allocated an address, please leave this field blank. The network address(es) should be specified in "dotted quad" format, i.e., four numbers separated by periods as shown below. Examples: exist-ip-net: 193.87.45.0 exist-ip-net: 202.100.0.0 202.100.255.0 exist-IP-net: none APNIC Staff [Page 9] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 net-country: Please give the ISO 3166 country code which describes where the network will be located. If more than one country applies, then give the ISO 3166 code of the countries which will be covered by the network. If you are unsure of the ISO 3166 country code, please specify the full name of the country (each on an individual line). Example: net-country: FC JP KR TH AU US net-country: Republic of Eastern Below APNIC Staff [Page 10] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 PART D - Network Details Please complete this section if you are applying for more than 2 Class C network address(es). The more numbers you request, the more detailed your technical description will need to be. Furthermore, the more detail you provide, the quicker we will be able to process your application. Please include an overview of the number of hosts on your subnets, ensuring that you do not forget transit networks, terminal servers, etc. when calculating your needs. If you are applying for a Class B network address please send your completed application to your nearest Internet registry who will review your case. If your local Registry determines a Class B network address is justified, your application will be forwarded to the InterNIC. Please be reminded that Class B network address(es) are extremely scarce and are rarely allocated. Current network layout: Please describe the current layout of your network, including all devices which will required unique IP address. In addition, please include a description of the number of subnets and the hosts on each subnet. If your network is bridged, please indicate this and provide some indication of the necessity of using bridging instead of routing. The more detail you provide, the easier it will be for us to justify the allocation you request. Future network plans (next 2 year): Please provide a description of what your network will look like in two years time similar to the description provided above. APNIC Staff [Page 11] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 PART E - Proxy Details This section should be completed *ONLY IF* you are making an appli- cation on behalf of another organization. Please indicate by whom the application is being made and on behalf of whom, giving all the contact details requested. name: Please specify the name of the person who is requesting the application in the first section, and who the application is being made for in the second section. Use the format for the name field in the contact information section (Part B). descr: Please provide a description of the requesting organization in the first part and the organization for whom the request is being made for the second part. Use the format for the descr field in the administrative details section (Part A). country: Please indicate the two letter country code for the requestor (for the first part) and the requestee (for the second part) in the same in the same manner as the country field in the administrative details section (Part A). phone: Please specify the telephone number for the requesting individual for the first part and the individual for whom the request is being made for the second part. Use the format for the phone field in the contact information section (Part B). fax-no: Please specify the facsimile number for the requesting individual for the first part and the individual for whom the request is being made for the second part. Use the format for the fax-no field in the contact information section (Part B). e-mail: Please specify the electronic mail address for the requesting individual for the first part and the individual for whom the request is being made for the second part. Use the format for the e-mail field in the contact information section (Part B). APNIC Staff [Page 12] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 Additional Hints for Organizations Requesting Class B Network Address(es) Please understand that the criteria for allocating Class B network addresses are extremely strict. This is due to the global scarcity of these network numbers. Out of necessity then, the local or national registry or APNIC must closely examine each and every request received for a class B network address. As a result, the allocation process will take longer. Organizations can speed the process up by providing as much information as possible on their initial request to enable a deci- sion to be made without having to request more information. The estimates for the number of hosts should be substantiated with other data about the network and organization such as number of employ- ees, geographical distribution, type of hosts, etc. The clearer you can document that your estimates are carefully derived, the easier it is for us to justify allocation of a class B address. Besides a sufficient number of hosts, we must determine that your network cannot be engineered using a number of contiguous class C net- works. If your network consists of a large number of physical networks with relatively small numbers of hosts on each, you will have to con- sider subnetting class C networks. A large number of subnetworks alone is not sufficient justification for allocation of a class B network address. We realize that a number of engineering decisions can be based on administrative convenience. Unfortunately the remaining class B address space is too small to take these considerations into account. The clearer your explanation as to why your network *cannot* be engineered using a block of class C network address(es), the easier it will be for us to justify the allocation of a class B network address. All the above mentioned points apply even more strongly to cases where multiple class B network addresses are requested. Assignments of multiple class B network addresses will only occur when your local registry and the APNIC are convinced with a detailed justification in terms of the criteria mentioned. Finally, please understand that we are not working against you, but with the whole Internet community to achieve a fair distribution of the remaining class B address space. If you have any questions about the procedure or the information needed, please do not hesitate to contact the your local registry or the APNIC for further guidance. APNIC Staff [Page 13] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 REFERENCES Recommended Reading List for Address Allocation 1. rfc1519.txt - Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy (V Fuller) 2. rfc1466.txt - Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space (E Gerich) 3. rfc1367.txt - Schedule for IP Address Space Management Guidelines (C Topolcic) 4. rfc1219.txt - On the Assignment of Subnet Numbers (P. Tsuchiya) These documents are all available from the APNIC document store in the rfc/ directory. The APNIC document store can be accessed in a number of ways: 1. via anonymous FTP from host ftp.apnic.net 2. via telnet to host info.apnic.net 3. via gopher from host gopher.apnic.net Organizations without connectivity wishing to obtain copies of the "Recommended Reading" articles should contact the APNIC or their local or national registry to arrange postal delivery of one or more of the above documents. APNIC Staff [Page 14] APNIC-001.0 December 1993 Example of a Completed IP Network Address Application Form The APNIC-002 form filled out below contains the necessary sections of an application for a network at mythical "Non Existant University" in the mythical country, Some Where (ISO code SW). It is assumed that the technical contact has already been registered with the APNIC and thus has been allocated an NICName. In addition, it is assumed Non Existant University has already had 2 networks allocated to it, 202.128.45.0 and 202.128.46.0. descr: Non Existant University Network descr: Art Department descr: Somecity, Thatprefecture country: SW admin-c: Robin L Smith tech-c: mj1005FC person: Robin L Smith address: Non Existant University, Art Department address: 12-456 Campus Drive address: Somecity, Thatprefecture, 1B2-5E6 address: Some Where phone: +12 345 6789 0 fax-no: +12 345 6789 1 e-mail: rlsmith@net.neu.ed.sw form: APNIC-002.0 (1/1/94 - 7/1/94) request-type: 2 class C machine-0: 100 machine-1: 200 machine-2: 300 subnet-0: 1 subnet-1: 1 subnet-2: 2 inet-connect: plan to connect 930401 Net-Provider Inc exist-ip-net: 202.128.45.0 202.128.46.0 net-country: SW APNIC Staff [Page 15]