Re: [OPSAWG] Heads up - Plea for allocating a /8 to ISPs

Thank's for the clarity, Brian.

	Chris

On 11Nov2010, at 19.51, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> On 2010-11-11 21:27, Victor Kuarsingh wrote:
>> On 11/11/10 4:10 PM, "james woodyatt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> ...
>>> That doesn't answer the question.  For clarity, I asked the same question
>>> twice, worded a little differently the second time.  Here it is again...
>>> 
>>>>> What advantage is there in directing *IANA* to do it?
>>> I understand why you want to use a prefix not listed in RFC 1918.  I don't
>>> understand why getting it from IANA will be any better for you than if you get
>>> it from Joe's House Of IPv4 Addresses.
>>> 
>> The goal here was that in aggregate, the provides use less global space for
>> a common use. It is more efficient for providers to share a block, then all
>> go to the RIRs and ask for their own slice.
> 
> That isn't quite the question, I think. So let me answer the actual
> question: What advantage is there in directing *IANA* to do it?
> 
> The answer is in RFC 2650 "Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the
> Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority".
> 
> Under this agreement, the IETF *can* direct IANA to allocate
> IP address space for technical purposes. See the subclause (b)
> in clause 4.3. There is no other route by which the IETF can
> direct IANA to allocate address space, and the IETF certainly
> can't direct the RIRs in any way whatever.
> 
> So to answer James, the advantage is that the IETF *can*
> direct IANA, but the IETF can't direct the RIRs.
> 
> I don't believe the IETF *should* do this, but as the initial
> drafter and a signatory of the MoU published as RFC 2650,
> I thought I should clarify what's really going on here. Getting
> this proposal through IETF consensus and IESG approval would
> result in a direct order to IANA.
> 
>    Brian
> 
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