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Re: [Ianaplan] What are the RIRs doing?

S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com> Wed, 10 September 2014 22:13 UTC

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:06:04 -0700
To: Avri Doria <avri@acm.org>, ianaplan@ietf.org
From: S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com>
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Subject: Re: [Ianaplan] What are the RIRs doing?
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Hello,
At 13:12 10-09-2014, Avri Doria wrote:
>Isn't it the IETF that directed IANA to work directly with the RIRs on
>allocations of unallocated addresses?  Why is asking how it all works
>inappropriate for those responsible for making the original role assignment?

In my opinion the answer to the first question is no.  The assignment 
of IP address blocks is considered as a policy issue.  Such an issue 
would be an ICANN [1] matter.  I am skipping the second question as 
it is looks like a Working Group Chair matter.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en

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