[IFWP] Re: fyi - an exchange of mail with ICANN

[Karl Auerbach]

> ...  As long as IANA is doing the allocating and
> it isn't being a big problem, why would ICANN, whatever you think it's
> power might be, act?

And I don't think that there is any problem as long as a number is always
assigned and allocated.

What is bothering me is the question of who has the ultimate authority to
say "no" to a standards body (the IETF being one) that wants a number for
a standard protocol?

I suspect that this won't often be a problem, but it could happen in some
of those tight spaces, like the IP protocol number.

                --karl--