Stephane, >> IANA has never charged an applicant for their request for protocol >> parameters including port numbers. >> > > McBride never said so. He said you have to pay experts for the > reviews. > Right, but that's not needed either. At least not if we are talking about a registry that has policy Expert Review. If an expert exists, he will be polled by IANA for an opinion. If an expert is not assigned for the particular registry, IANA will ask IESG to assign one. Jari _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf