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I think people are seeing the point...
As a clarification...IANA is at least two people...
Jon (not John) Postel and Joyce Reynolds
$ whois 0.0.0.0
IANA (RESERVED-1)
Netname: RESERVED
Netnumber: 0.0.0.0
Coordinator:
Reynolds, Joyce K. (JKR1) [email protected]
(310) 822-1511
Record last updated on 15-Jan-91.
Jim Fleming
Naperville, IL
P.S. I think IANA stands for "I Am Not Alone"
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From: Gordon Cook[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 1996 2:20 PM
To: David R. Conrad
Cc: Jim Browning; 'com-priv list'; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Allocation of IP Addresses
Just a small quibble David: when you say "the IANA" decided, it gives
the impression that an august group of people like the IESG took action.
In reality "the IANA" is but a SINGLE person - John Postel. If some
people are upset I suspect it might be because the power to make such a
decision is vested in the hands of ONE person rather than in a group.
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On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, David R. Conrad wrote:
> It would appear a clarification is necesssary:
>
> >>>The @Home allocation was done outside of normal registry procedures by
> >>>the IANA directly. InterNIC should not be held responsible for that
> >>>case.
> >Which confirms that the rules are not well established nor consistently applied.
>
> Any very large or unusual request must go outside normal registry
> procedures (e.g., slow start). @Home is such a case. They made their
> case directly to the IANA as InterNIC is not authorized to allocate
> very large or unusual requests directly. The IANA authorized the
> allocation based on the merits of the request (whatever they might
> be). None of the registries can allocate very large or unusual
> requests directly. This rule is quite well established and
> consistently applied.
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>
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