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I thought this might be of mild interest. - paul [snip] >To: IETF-Announce:; >Cc: RFC Editor <[email protected]> >Cc: Internet Architecture Board <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sender: [email protected] >From: The IESG <[email protected]> >Subject: Protocol Action: INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES to BCP >Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:51:08 -0400 >X-Orig-Sender: [email protected] > > > > The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "INTERNET REGISTRY IP > ALLOCATION GUIDELINES" <draft-hubbard-registry-guidelines-05.txt> for > publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. This document is the > product of the CIDR Deployment Working Group. The IESG contact > persons are Scott Bradner and Michael O'Dell. > > >Technical Summary > > This document describes the registry system for the distribution of > globally unique Internet address space and registry operations. > Particularly this document describes the rules and guidelines > governing the distribution of this address space while keeping in mind > the requirements of IP address conservation and the need to distribute > globally unique Internet addresses in a hierarchical manner, > permitting the routing scalability of the addresses. > > "Conservation" and "Routability" are often conflicting goals. These > goals may sometimes be in conflict with the interests of individual > end-users or Internet service providers. Careful analysis and > judgement is necessary in each individual case to find an appropriate > compromise. > > This document replaces RFC 1466, with all the guidelines and > procedures updated and modified in the light of experience. > > This document can be considered the base set of operational guidelines > in use by all registries. Additional guidelines may be imposed by a > particular registry as appropriate. > > >Working Group Summary > > The working group strongly supported the publication of this document. > A text was added to the document during IESG review on the advice > of a legal review of anti-trust issues. > >Protocol Quality > > This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Scott Bradner and Mike > O'Dell. > >NOTE TO RFC EDITOR: > >Please include the following text as an IESG Note: > > By approving this document as a Best Current Practice,the IESG asserts > its belief that this policy described herein is an accurate > representation of the current practice of the IP address registries > with respect to address assignment. This does not constitute > endorsement or recommendation of this policy by the IESG. The IESG > will reevaluate its approval of this document in December 1997 taking > into consideration the results of the discussions that will be take > place in the IRE Working Group between now and then. > > > [snip] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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