At 16:06 16-04-2013, The IESG wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'The Internet Numbers Registry System'
<draft-housley-rfc2050bis-01.txt> as Informational RFC
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@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-05-14. Exceptionally, comments may be
This draft is well-written and it is a significant improvement
compared to the previous version.
In Section 2:
"As such, allocations must be made in accordance with the operational
needs of those running the networks that make use of these number
resources and by taking into consideration pool limitations at the
time of allocation."
The global IPv4 address pool is currently depleted. Two RIR regions
are in IPv4 exhaustion phase. There is a proposal in the RIPE region
to remove "need" [1]. I gather that this new version of the Internet
Numbers Registry System looks towards a future where hosts are IPv6
accessible. Given that the free IPv6 address pool is very large and
that IP addresses are not free, what is the rationale for keeping
allocations in accordance with operational needs?
"Registration Accuracy: A core requirement of the Internet
Numbers Registry System is to maintain a registry of
allocations to ensure uniqueness and to provide accurate
registration information of those allocations in order to
meet a variety of operational requirements."
There isn't any mention of privacy [2] considerations in the
draft. Is it up to the IETF to set up a one-stop shop for personal
data requests?
Regards,
-sm
1. https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2013-03
2. http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2012-April/024596.html
