On Monday 09 August 2004 18:42, Randy Bush wrote:
leo,
can you explain why the rirs need a time window from the iana (36 months) so much larger than lirs need from the rirs?
randy
Randy, I read it that IANA don't see RIR's needing more than a /12 in a 36 month period - thus a /12 would at least meet the RIR's needs for the next 36 months.
Seems like a much better idea than faffing about handing out a /23 every few months.
Jon
Jon, Just to be clear, the policy as proposed is coming to you direct from the NRO, IANA has had no direct input in it's creation. I first saw this draft document myself on the APNIC sig-policy list on 4 August. http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2004/08/msg00003.html That said, we're very happy that the NRO has offered this submission as a starting place for the public dialog, and we look forward to seeing how the process plays out. While it's certainly not IANA's job to _set_ policy, we are happy to offer the benefit of our experience to anyone who asks. :) Doug -- Doug Barton General Manager, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority