1 Nov
2001
1 Nov
'01
12:12 p.m.
| These were delegated on the return of nets 49 and 50, along w/ about a | /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space. e.g. an overall reduction in the | amount of space. Jon Postel, as the IANA, approved the transfers. | At that time, ARIN did not have control over legacy delegations.
So I seem to be missing something that keeps me from understanding this -- why didn't they just turn off the /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space and keep the two pre-existing historical class-As, which would have more fully followed the BCPs?
Sean.
legecy hardware/software. Fully classless kit was just becoming common at the time. (cisco did not support it across the product line) --bill