On Wed, Feb 13, 2002, Oded Arbel wrote about "Re: Internet connection in Virtual PC":
> Also its good to remember that IANA (Internat Assigned Numbers Authority) is
> in fact a US agency, even though they have the world "global" someplace on
> their site.
I was under the impression that IANA has long been disbanded, and replaced by
the more international ICANN ("Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers"). From the icann.org site:
"The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a
technical coordination body for the Internet. Created in October 1998 by
a broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, academic, and
user communities, ICANN is assuming responsibility for a set of technical
functions previously performed under U.S. government contract by IANA
and other groups.
Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment of the following
identifiers that must be globally unique for the Internet to function:
* Internet domain names
* IP address numbers
* protocol parameter and port numbers
..."
On the other hand, a few months ago I got a message announcing 219/8
assigned to the APNIC RR, and it came from:
John Crain ICANN/IANA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So I guess they are still confused as to what to call themselves. The
list in IANA, http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space, is
also up to date. So color me confused.
Not that this has anything to do with Linux...
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