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) JKRey@ISI.EDU (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" ---------- From: Gordon Cook[SMTP:gcook@tigger.jvnc.net] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 1996 2:20 PM To: David R. Conrad Cc: Jim Browning; 'com-priv list'; nanog@merit.edu 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. ********************************************************************* Gordon Cook, Editor & Publisher Subscriptions: Individ-ascii $85 The COOK Report on Internet Individ. hard copy $150 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA Small Corp & Gov't $200 (609) 882-2572 Corporate $350 Internet: cook@cookreport.com Corporate Site Lic. $650 http://pobox.com/cook/ for new COOK Report Glossary of Internet terms ********************************************************************* On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, David R. Conrad wrote:

It would appear a clarification is necesssary:

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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