On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:20 PM, joel jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/18/13 6:04 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: >> >> I am wondering if the draft should mention that Local Internet >> Registries (LIRs) may sometimes take the form of National Internet >> Registries (NIRs) since this is now a reality in some places? > > All of the "NIRs" I've encountered can be construed as LIRs under the terms > of the definition of LIR in that region. apnic and lacnic I belive > specifically recognize the term. As much as I dislike the entire term NIR I see it exist already on the "top"/"root", to quote from http://www.iana.org/numbers "Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are generally assigned in a hierarchical manner. Users are assigned IP addresses by Internet service providers (ISPs). ISPs obtain allocations of IP addresses from a local Internet registry (LIR) or National Internet Registry (NIR), or from their appropriate Regional Internet Registry (RIR):" I see APNIC are using it (http://www.apnic.net/policy/operational-policies-nirs/text), are anyone else? All I see is just yet another level of administration/control? -- Roger Jorgensen | ROJO9-RIPE rogerj@xxxxxxxxx | - IPv6 is The Key! http://www.jorgensen.no | roger@xxxxxxxxxxxx