On 2007-05-14 16:08, Shane Kerr wrote:
Brian,
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 01:34:31PM +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
On 2007-05-11 23:32, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
The RIRs don't depend on IETF at all, they can define global
policies for things that the IETF failed to complete if that's the
case. IANA can be instructed the same by the RIRs (which a global
policy) than by the IETF itself with an RFC.
Not quite. The RIRs have authority delegated to them by IANA, and
IANA operates under the terms of its MoU and SLA with the IETF. So
the RIRs' scope is to set and implement policy within their
delegated authority, which itself has to be within the terms of the
IANA MoU and SLA.
The RIRs authority comes from their communities, not from IANA.
That's what "bottom-up" means.
We're both right. It works because there is a wide consensus to both
listen to the community and respect the mechanisms in place.
Brian
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