Re: Last Call: <draft-bonica-special-purpose-03.txt> (Special-Purpose Address Registries) to Best Current Practice

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At 12:55 29-11-2012, The IESG wrote:

The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'Special-Purpose Address Registries'
  <draft-bonica-special-purpose-03.txt> as Best Current Practice

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2013-01-02. Exceptionally, comments may be

From the Abstract:

  "This memo updates RFC 5736 and RFC 4773, which define the current
   structure of the IPv4 and IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registries.
   It also obsoletes RFC 5735 and RFC 5156 which document special-
   purpose address blocks that are not currently, but will in the
   future, be recorded in the IPv4 and IPv6 Special-Purpose Address
   Registries."

BCP 153 is about Special Use IPv4 addresses. This intended BCP will create a mishmash as the draft covers both IPv4 and IPv6. I suggest handling the IP versions in two separate drafts.

RFC 5375 is being obsoleted by this draft. RFC 6598 updates RFC 5375. Could someone explain that to me (see http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5375&eid=3309 and the relevant discussion for details)?

The following text is from RFC 3330 which was written by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority:

  "Throughout its entire history, the Internet has employed a central
   Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) responsible for the
   allocation and assignment of various identifiers needed for the
   operation of the Internet [RFC1174].  In the case of the IPv4 address
   space, the IANA allocates parts of the address space to Regional
   Internet Registries according to their established needs.  These
   Regional Internet Registries are responsible for the assignment of
   IPv4 addresses to operators and users of the Internet within their
   regions.

   [paragraph omitted]

   On an ongoing basis, the IANA has been designated by the IETF to make
   assignments in support of the Internet Standards Process [RFC2860].
   Section 4 of this document describes that assignment process."

The text was also present in RFC 5735. I unfortunately have to object to the disappearance of that text.

RFC 5736 provides direction to IANA concerning the creation and management of the IANA IPv4 Special Purpose Address Registry. The information in RFC 5375 is not obsolete.

From the IANA Considerations Section:

  'IANA will update the aforementioned registries as requested in the
   "IANA Considerations" section of an IESG-reviewed document.  The "
   IANA Considerations" section must include all of the information
   specified in Section 2.1 of this document.'

RFC 5735 mentions that:

  "Among other things, [RFC2860] requires that protocol parameters be
   assigned according to the criteria and procedures specified in
   RFCs, including Proposed, Draft, and full Internet Standards and
   Best Current Practice documents, and any other RFC that calls for
   IANA assignment."

This draft changes it.

Regards,
-sm


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