-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 7 May 2004, william(at)elan.net wrote:
Also FYI - I noticed this message was actually signed (PGP) and I believe that may be first iana announcement message that was, thank you !!!
Certainly not the first, but I agree with the community feedback we've received that PGP signing these messages is useful, although I also agree with Pekka that its usefulness needs to be taken in context.
P.S. Of course its also notable that it says "Version: PGP 8.0 - not licensed for commercial use".
Why is that notable?
I kind of wonder if use by IANA or ICANN is considered commercial or not... But I guess if organization is dedicated to being non-commercial that might be OK, but is ICANN really like that?
ICANN is organized as a not for profit corporation. As for the question of the size of the allocation, it's not appropriate for IANA to comment on how RIPE plans to use the block, but I will say that they justified their request appropriately. The allocation was done in /23 chunks because that's what the current allocation model is. The RIRs, IANA, and the IAB are currently in discussion about what a more rational IPv6 allocation policy should look like, given that we're moving out of the "experimental" phase of deployment. Last but not least, the question of why we allocate IPv4 in /8 chunks is answered by the new global IPv4 allocation policy, agreed to by IANA and passed in the policy forum stage by all 4 RIRs. You can find a copy at http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/iana-rir-allocation-policies.html. It will move out of "draft" status once it's fully ratified by the ICANN ASO, but IANA has agreed to use the policy now as a sign of good faith in our dealings with the RIRs. Hope this helps, Doug - -- Doug Barton General Manager, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAnLSWwtDPyTesBYwRAne4AJ0Rvv5NldNaQqkQk8Erc2AoRfLDhgCeIRyi qoCOvUJRzE77u4WSqkNr5AI= =vmPW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----