Hi, > Things work a lot better if IETF and RIRs work hand-in-hand - that is, > IETF makes standards that people can work with, and RIRs use allocation > policies that somewhat reflect what the protocol designers had in mind. This is a proper model which should remain this way with a little fix. IETF engineering effort is funded (indirectly) by the employers of the engineers. RIRs administrative work is funded through membership and allocation fees, which essentially equals selling of IP addresses. Because the Internet is a shared resourse its enablers such as IP addresses are not for sale but rather for a free assignment to everyone. RIRs function should be funded through a politically / economically neutral body, e.g. UN. Technically the current way of RIR cost recovery hinders the network neutrality. Peter --- Gert Doering <gert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 06:03:22PM -0400, Bound, Jim wrote: > > The IETF has NOTHING to say anymore than any other body about any RIR > > policy. I want it to remain that way. IETF job is a standards body not > > a deployment body. > > Things work a lot better if IETF and RIRs work hand-in-hand - that is, > IETF makes standards that people can work with, and RIRs use allocation > policies that somewhat reflect what the protocol designers had in mind. > > For IPv6, this isn't a huge success story yet... > > Gert Doering > -- NetMaster > -- > Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 88685 > > SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@xxxxxxxxx > Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 > D- 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-234 > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf