On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Robert A. Pickering Jr. wrote:
means diagrams, and that means I have to ship them some drawing format. What do they use?
You can be certain that everybody can accept diagrams via fax or in a GIF file, preferably delivered by emailling a URL.
I want to make sure that I'm somewhat successful in securing some reasonable amount of IP space from the NIC, and would like some advice from people who have gone through this process.
You can't give them too much information. Make sure you apply far enough in advance that you have time to answer any questions that arise. Read RFC2050 http://www.internic.net/rfc/rfc2050.txt and the Internic policy guidelines at ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-ip-1.txt The application template is at ftp://rs.internic.net/templates/isp-ip-template.txt If you feel that some of the information the Internic requires is confidential and are reluctant to disclose it, there is an NDA that the Internic will sign. You can get a copy of the actual NDA at ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-ip-2.txt You sign two copies and courier it to them, they sign them and send one copy back to you. If there are still some parts of the policies or reequirements that are confusing, go to http://www.arin.net and read through the stuff in the Recommended Reading section. And if you do not meet the requirements for an IP netblock, be aware that the single biggest reason why this cannot be changed at this point in time is because the White House Interagency Task Force is stalling on letting an industry run consortium (ARIN) take over the task of managing North America's IPv4 address space. Let your congress person, and senator know that the administration's actions are hurting your business and are the exact opposite of their claims to support industry self regulation initiatives. If you are Canadian, talk to your federal MP and ask Industry Canada and the Dept of Foreign Affairs to pressure the White House to move this forward. Since ARIN also will serve South Africa and Latin America in it's early stages, people in those countries could ask their governments to place some pressure on the American White House. Unfortunately, even in the USA, the politicians do not realize how fast the Internet moves and how necessary it is to cut through the bureaucratic red tabpe in order for it to flourish. And many Internet companies and individuals have not in the past taken time to get involved in the political process by educating politicians about the political and economic realities of the Internet. It's time to change this, IMHO. ********************************************************* Michael Dillon voice: +1-415-482-2840 Senior Systems Architect fax: +1-415-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net "The People You Know. The People You Trust." *********************************************************