What changed

Status of the proposals covered in this month's registry stories, as of 30 September 2026.

ARIN
Proposal	Status
ARIN-2025-3 Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria	Recommended Draft Policy
ARIN-2026-5 Define Out Of Region Use	Draft Policy

Teams announcing ARIN space from cloud regions abroad should follow both drafts.

RIPE NCC
Proposal	Status
2026-01 Simplify assignment of first ASN	Review Phase
2024-01 Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy	Review Phase

Both reached Review Phase. The RIPE Chair Team reported that on 22 September.

APNIC
Proposal	Status
prop-169 and prop-170	Consensus at APNIC 62
prop-164, prop-168, prop-171	Returned to mailing list
prop-165, prop-172	Under discussion, no consensus call

With prop-168 returned, the maximum from APNIC's remaining IPv4 pool stays at a /23 for now.

Why it matters for BYOIP teams

Community discussions that are not formal proposals are labelled as discussions. The RIPE Routing Working Group mailing list discussed using remote-triggered blackhole routing together with RPKI. The RIPE Chair Team's September 2026 report is the source for that discussion. It is relevant to BYOIP customers using DDoS scrubbing services.

Policy Tracker, September 2026