Hello David
On 23/01/2024 12:08, David Conrad wrote:
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You appear to have an interesting perception of the function/prerogative of
NIRs. You are aware that some NIRs pre-date the RIRs and generally, NIRs
reflect the preferences (or, in some cases, legal mandates) related to the
management of address space by the Internet community within their economy,
right?
Sure I am. Why interesting ? Interesting in my view is to allow them to
have this prerogative.
In cases where NIRs pre-date RIRs resources allocated at the point in
time may just be treated as legacy, but since the existence of all 5
current RIRs no unallocated address assignment should have been done
other than through the RIRs therefore any rules that apply to these
resources must be the ones developed by the community of that RIR.
Don't get me wrong, I am not against the existence of the NIRs. They
play a important administrative role in certain places and economies,
but that doesn't mean they should be allowed to develop policies. Their
community and preferences may well be manifested in the proper Policy
Development Forum of the respective RIR as in most RIRs.
Allowing this to happen open doors to unnecessary discrepancies,
bureaucracy and sometimes unfairness within the same RIR region which
should not exist. I just found really strange when you write a proposal
in APNIC having to specify in the text if that policy is to be apply
also to the NIRs. This type of things should never be necessary.
NIRs should restrict their functions to administrative functions at regional or
national level and leave exclusively with the RIR the ability to set and check
the compliance of what is the current rule.
By what right/under what authority do you believe the behavior of NIRs should
be constrained?
By ICANN ICP-2 that estabilish the criteria for new RIRs and process of
Policy Development and don't say a word about NIRs. Since any resources
are allocated to RIRs and than to NIRs they must always be submit to the
policies developed solely by that RIR community and that is quiet
reasonable.
Again, one thing are specific administrative specificity that may be
required in certain countries and jurisdictions and another are the
policies that are developed by the community of that RIR in a bottom-up
process.
Regards
Fernando
Regards,
-drc
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