[136214] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Feb 1 18:49:59 2011
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:48:58 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Michael Hallgren <m.hallgren@free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <1296604062.16035.69.camel@home>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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>>> In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered
>>> superfluous or redundant? What is the operational rationale behind the
>>> NIR level? Wouldn't a flatter RIR-LIR structure do just fine?
>>
>> and then, by inference, what is the use of the RIR level?
>
> A meeting point for communities, potentially able to reflect a consensus
> view of policies and moderate "NIR" and other might be more unilateral
> initiatives. If one individual of a community goes "insane", enable the
> remaing ones to modrate.
and then, by inference, you can see how people justify the NIRs
randy
