As you may have seen, the Department of Commerce has recently published a Request for Interest (RFI), for the whole IANA function: http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/OS/OAM/Reference%2DNumber%2DDOCNTIARFI0001/SynopsisR.html While the RFI was not a surprise, the IETF was not consulted in any way about the technical parameter assignment portion of the IANA work. As noted in the message we just sent in reply to this RFI, this gives us some concern in terms of potential impact for IETF work. http://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence/IANA-2006/IAB-RFI-Input.pdf The IAB will be working through this year with the IAOC to ensure the IETF continues to have a suitable technical parameter assignment function. Leslie, for the IAB. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf