I thought this might be of mild interest. - paul [snip]

To: IETF-Announce:; Cc: RFC Editor <rfc-editor@isi.edu> Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@isi.edu> Cc: cidrd@iepg.org Sender: ietf-announce-request@ietf.org From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Subject: Protocol Action: INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES to BCP Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:51:08 -0400 X-Orig-Sender: scoya@ietf.org

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.

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