I'm not surprised. For something at this level I would recommend having the IAB write to IANA, if we end up needing IANA action. But if the various RIRs are in agreement about this, I think we are OK.
Brian Patrick Grossetete wrote: > > I sent several requests to IANA but never got an answer, neither > an acknowledgement... > > Patrick > > At 04:59 PM 06-02-03 -0800, Bob Hinden wrote: > >Alain, > > > >>There are some unanswered questions about this APNIC prefix: > >>1- Can people who are not member of APNIC use this prefix? > > > >I don't see why not as it isn't supposed to be routed. > > > >>2- How do people who are not APNIC members know about this prefix? > >> i.e. how an implementor familiar with the RFC series but unaware > >> of APNIC documents will know that such a prefix has been reserved? > > > >Good question. I wasn't aware of it until Patrick Grossetete pointed it > >out to me. > > > >>3- What about the other RIRs? Are they going to recommend to use > >> this prefix or are they going to reserve some others? > > > >I would hope there would only be one assignment by the RIRs. It would be > >ironic if after all this time of trying to get a prefix for documentation, > >we get several :-) > > > >>Perhaps a separate very short Informatinal RFC pointing to > >>a common RIR policy (once/if established) will help. > > > >I will forward you email to Paul Wilson at APNIC. I think that what APNIC > >did was well intended, it might have been better if the IANA had done the > >allocation as it is not a regional issue and it might have been better to > >pick a prefix that was not in the middle of other assignments. > > > >Thanks, > >Bob > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ____________________________________________ > Patrick Grossetete > Cisco Systems > Internet Technology Division (ITD) - Product Manager > > Phone/Vmail: 33.1.58.04.61.52 > Fax: 33.1.58.04.61.00 > mobile: 33.6.19.98.51.31 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 11 Rue Camille Desmoulins > 92782 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 9 > France -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
