Regional Internet Registries

Global Internet Resources Administration

Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) manage, distribute, and register Internet number resources (IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and Autonomous System Numbers) within their respective regions.

There are five RIRs:

• AFRINIC
• APNIC
• ARIN
• LACNIC
• RIPE NCC

Upcoming RIR Meetings and Policies Under Discussion

 

	Meetings	Policy
AFRINIC	AFRINIC-18 | Lusaka, Zambia | 9 – 21 June 2013	http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals
APNIC	APNIC 36 | China | 20 – 30 Aug 2013	http://www.apnic.net/community/policy/current
ARIN	ARIN 31 | Bridgetown, Barbados | 21 – 24 April 2013	https://www.arin.net/policy/index.html
LACNIC	Lacnic 19 | Medellín, Colombia | 5 – 10 May 2013	http://www.lacnic.net/en/politicas/
RIPE NCC	RIPE 66 | Dublin, Ireland | 13 – 17 May 2013	http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies

 

 

RIR customer satisfaction surveys

• AFRINIC
• APNIC
• LACNIC
• RIPE

 

List of Country Codes and RIRs

Internet Resource Allocation

Internet number resources are distributed in a hierarchical manner. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) delegates large ranges of Internet number resources to the RIRs, which then allocate the resources within their regions to members, Local Internet Registries, National Internet Registries, and end-users. A list of term definitions is available at the Internet Registry System page.