james woodyatt wrote:
On Jun 28, 2007, at 14:30, Roger Jorgensen wrote:
about part one - both the RIR and LIR field can be set to zero's for
direct assignment, for other they can go through RIR.
That's not how I read Mr. Vixie's proposed text. If both RIR and LIR
are zero, that implies a ULA prefix that IANA reserves for its own
operations. Any sites that want ULA-C prefixes without going to a RIR
need to get one from a LIR explicitly numbered by IANA. I don't think
we've established any policy for how IANA is expected to assign LIR
numbers for use when RIR=0.
Paul's text states, "For direct allocations by IANA, the value of zero
(0x0000) is reserved." To me, that's a pretty clear definition of which
address space IANA would use for direct allocations or assignments to
end users.
You're correct that we have not established any policy for how IANA
would go about making such allocations or assignments. I would suspect
that they might elect not to do so, instead delegating that
responsibility to the RIRs. But if we did decide, as a matter of
policy, that IANA should (also) make direct allocations and assignments,
the proposed text defines space for that purpose.
-Scott
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