On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:55 PM, David Conrad <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2013, at 5:29 PM, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> (Absent that, issuance of EID prefixes implies issuance of IPv6 >> space, which has some policy implications for the existing address >> registry system, and is probably why several folks on the list keep >> noting the need to liaison with the ISP community via the RIRs...) > > I believe that according to RFC 2860, the IETF is responsible for the > allocation of blocks of addresses (IPv4 or IPv6) used for experimental > purposes, not the RIRs. Definitely the case, although it would probably be best to confirm the same understanding of "experimental purposes" (i.e. it is very hard to tell if a 10 year project doing assignments which has the potential to become permanent would qualify; it likely doesn't even conform to the IETF's own best practices on experimental assignments in RFC 3692.) In any case, one of the important parts of ICANN's mission is coordination, and it would be hard to fulfill that particular role while issuing IPv6 prefixes at large without some degree of consultation with the greater community. FYI, /John Disclaimers: My views alone. Not for use as an ice-cream topping. _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
