----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Geoff Huston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joanna Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joop Teernstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Richard Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: Re: New draft of NIR criteria document
> With most of the allocations going to China, Korea and Japan, why would > it be a "consensus", or desirable, to base the allocator (APNIC) in Australia ? > > Also, why would a task, such as address allocation, which can be highly automated and > results in a database which can be accessed online, require so many people (33) to >operate ? > > Lastly, why would people pay for 128-bit addresses, when they can get them free ? > > Jim Fleming > 2002:[IPv4]:000X:03DB:...IPv8 is closer than you think... > http://www.ican.org/what's_new!!!.htm > http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt > 4:17 CN (CHINA) > 4:43 KR (KOREA,-REPUBLIC-OF) > 4:116 JP (JAPAN) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Huston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:23 AM > Subject: RE: New draft of NIR criteria document > > > > Kosuke Ito requested some information from the APNIC Director General on > > > > "Could you clarify more about your intention why you emphasize to give ISPs > > the freedom to choose NIR or APNIC to receive the resources as in Sec. 2.5? " > > > > I would like to respond to this request, and in so doing also note that the > > NIR policy document, and indeed all APNIC policy documents are an outcome > > of peer review and the formulation of peer consensus within ourselves as a > > group - its not a case of constantly bouncing a question and answer ball > > between each APNIC Interest Group and the Director General, but instead it > > is a case of attempting to work within ourselves together to understand > > what the best answers may be. So oin that basis I'll offer my perspectives > > on a response to this question. > > > > So here's my take on NIRs and APNIC: the definition of the role of National > > Internet Registries within APNIC is an outcome of a number of issues > > concerning the diversity of national positions with respect to the > > administration of Internet Numbering Resources and, more broadly, Internet > > Service Provider regulatory frameworks across the Asia Pacific region. NIRs > > reflect the desire of some national domains to support a local > > administrative function which operates within the framework of a national > > language, national character set and a local timezone. On the other hand, > > in some environments a national framework appears to offer no particular > > benefit, and in such environments direct access to APNIC services is a > > rational and sound outcome. > > > > This might lead to the view that some countries have NIRS as an exclusive > > numbering resource administrator and some national regimes do not, but even > > that is not sufficient for our region. Within some national environments > > there is a significant level of diversity, where some local entities, and > > some multi-national entities are comfortable in dealing with APNIC > > directly, and prefer to so do, while other local entities see value in > > having a locally operated administrative function. > > > > So, as far as I can tell, there is no intent in this NIR proposal to > > substitute competition and free trade for due and proper administrative > > control over the Internet Numbering resource. There is, however, the intent > > to offer levels of choice to each entity that requires numbering resources > > that accommodates the diversity of national regimes and the diversity of > > the profile of entities and their preferences. > > > > > > kind regards, > > > > Geoff Huston > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
