Re: Happy St Nicholas Day: Re-Launching the IPv6 ULA registry

Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-7@u-1.phicoh.com> Wed, 09 December 2020 20:31 UTC

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> That's only true for address space that IANA has released to the
> RIRs.  That is not the case for fc00::/7, which remains under IETF
> control.

Yes, but it would be weird for the IETF to decide on an address registry
without involving the RIRs.

Of course, the current situation where there is no registry from ULA is
also perfectly fine.