BYOIP News
Verified developments affecting portable IP address space, with the primary sources cited on every story. Vendor-neutral, and published only when something has actually changed.
Policy Tracker, September 2026
Where ARIN, RIPE and APNIC number-resource proposals stood on 30 September 2026, and which of them affect holders of portable address space.
Read the storyOctober 2026 events for BYOIP teams: NANOG 98, ARIN 58 and RIPE 93
October's meetings cover policy, routing security and registry services. ARIN 58 includes a directory-services roadmap session on 23 October.
Read the storyRIPE proposals to simplify first ASNs and revise IPv6 PI move to Review Phase
Proposal 2026-01 would remove the needs assessment for an organisation's first AS number, and 2024-01 would revise IPv6 PI assignments. Both reached Review Phase, the RIPE Chair Team reported on 22 September.
Read the storyRIPE NCC publishes draft agenda for the October 2026 General Meeting
RIPE NCC's 28-30 October General Meeting will discuss the draft 2027 plan and budget, financial treatment and Board-structure changes. Registration remains open until 28 October.
Read the storyAPNIC members can publish ASPAs in MyAPNIC, with monitoring in DASH
APNIC added ASPA support to MyAPNIC and its Registry API in July, and a 30 September APNIC Academy session covered creating, validating and monitoring ASPAs.
Read the storyCloudflare makes Unified Routing generally available for Magic Transit and WAN
Unified Routing reached GA on 18 September. BGP over GRE and IPsec followed on 5 October; existing accounts should review feature coverage and upgrade guidance.
Read the storyTwo ARIN draft policies revisit how ARIN addresses can be used outside the region
ARIN-2026-5 became a Draft Policy on 22 September and ARIN-2025-3 received a staff and legal review on 11 September. Teams announcing ARIN space from cloud regions abroad should follow both ahead of ARIN 58.
Read the storyIPv4 prices in August 2026: two datasets, one direction
IPv4Center recorded an average of US$20.30 per address across 105 August transactions, while Escrow.com's second-quarter index put large-block prices at US$24.67. Both show softer prices than a year ago.
Read the storyARIN now accepts Reg-RWS API keys in a request header
ARIN's 28 July release added header-based API keys for its Registration RESTful Service. Keys sent as URL query parameters still work, but ARIN says that method will eventually be retired.
Read the storyAPNIC 62 policy meeting: two proposals reach consensus, IPv4 delegation increase returns to the list
At APNIC 62 in Mumbai, prop-169 and prop-170 reached consensus, while prop-168, which would raise the maximum IPv4 delegation to a /22, was returned for more discussion.
Read the storyCloudflare adds managed firewall rulesets to Unified Routing
Cloudflare's 25 September update adds managed rulesets to Unified Routing. Beta status and account entitlement matter for Magic Transit and WAN users.
Read the storyOracle adds FastConnect traffic draining for planned maintenance
OCI's 16 September release adds traffic draining for private FastConnect circuits and link controls for direct connections. Review routing policy before use.
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