Having to "force" a root server to renumber if it goes out of RIPE's region seems like a bad idea. ARIN's micro allocation policy does not specifically require a renumber for critical (root-server) infrastructure, should that infrastructure move outside of ARIN's region. So, maybe the root-servers should goto IANA and be allocated IP space directly from IANA and thus be a "special RIR" ?? John Brown Chagres Technologies, Inc critical infrastructure != LIR winding up
-----Original Message----- From: owner-lir-wg@ripe.net [mailto:owner-lir-wg@ripe.net]On Behalf Of Joao Luis Silva Damas Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:44 AM To: John L Crain; webmaster@ripe.net Cc: ipv6-wg@ripe.net; lir-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: New Document available: RIPE-233
John
the idea is to treat this block of addresses as any other issued by the RIPE NCC. If the root server changes region, I will change administration (sort of having an LIR closing down). The new operator would request addresses somewhere else, or put forward a case to the LIR-WG to ask the RIPE NCC to re-issue the allocation to the root server at the new place.
Things are better without exceptions, that's all
Cheers, Joao