About the Internet Governance Forum The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is an open, multi-stakeholder forum which facilitates discussions on public policy issues related to Internet governance, such as the Internet’s sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development. The ninth annual IGF will take place in Istanbul from 2-5 September. The theme this year is “Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance”…. Read More
NRO News
NRO Publishes RIR Governance Matrix
The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) operate within robust governance frameworks that ensure effectiveness of their corporate structures, transparency of processes, and accountability to members and communities. These frameworks vary across the five RIRs, according to legal requirements and regional policies, but all are transparently accessible and publicly documented. The NRO has published a matrix providing an overview of the… Read More
ASO AC Appoints Hans Petter Holen to the ICANN 2015 NomCom
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to announce that it has re-appointed Hans Petter Holen as their delegate for the 2015 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The ASO AC unanimously supported Hans Petter nomination during its monthly teleconference on August 6th 2014. The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of… Read More
NRO response to ICANN call for public comments on Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability
Response from the Number Resource Organization (NRO) to ICANN’s Call for Public comments on Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability. NRO response full document
IANA Oversight Transition Coordination Group: Hartmut Glaser Selected as ASO Representative
Developing a single proposal for future oversight of the IANA functions will require the coordination of many different viewpoints from stakeholders around the world. To facilitate this process, a Coordination Group of 25 representatives from a range of interested stakeholder groups is currently being assembled. The structure of this Coordination Group is explained here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en The Coordination Group will include… Read More
IANA Oversight Transition Coordination Group: Adiel Akplogan and Paul Wilson Selected as NRO Representatives
Developing a single proposal for future oversight of the IANA functions will require the coordination of many different viewpoints from stakeholders around the world. To facilitate this process, a Coordination Group of 25 representatives from a range of interested stakeholder groups is currently being assembled. The structure of this Coordination Group is explained here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en The Coordination Group will include… Read More
LACNIC Enters IPv4 Exhaustion Phase
On 10 June 2014, LACNIC announced that it had reached one /10 block of remaining addresses and IPv4 can now be considered exhausted in its service region. LACNIC will continue to distribute IPv4 addresses, but at a greatly reduced rate according to policies developed by the LACNIC community. The remaining /10 block (4,194,302 addresses) will be split into two equal /11 blocks. Members can continue… Read More
Coordination Group to Develop Process for NTIA Stewardship Transition
ICANN recently released information describing the next steps for the transition of NTIA’s stewardship of the IANA functions. According to this new information, there is call for the creation of a Coordination Group representing the main ICANN community stakeholders, including the ASO and NRO groups. This Coordination Group will define the final community-driven consultation process on the IANA functions transition. For more information, please consult ICANN’s… Read More
IANA Allocates Recovered IPv4 Addresses to RIRs
On 20 May 2014, LACNIC became the first of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) to reach their last /9 of remaining IPv4 address space. This triggered a global policy for IANA to make equal allocations from its recovered IPv4 pool to each of the five RIRs. On this same day, each RIR received the equivalent of a /11 allocation… Read More
LACNIC’s IPv4 Address Pool Now Down to a /9
LACNIC’s IPv4 address pool is now down to 8,388,606 addresses, which is equivalent to a /9. This fact triggers a new phase of the IPv4 exhaustion plan designed by LACNIC for Latin America and the Caribbean based on the policies approved by the regional community. This phase, which will extend from the moment when there are 8,388,606 available IPv4 addresses… Read More