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Re: Allocation of IP Addresses

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Wed Mar 13 23:44:28 1996

To: Jim Browning <jfbb@atmnet.net>
cc: "'David R. Conrad'" <davidc@apnic.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>,
        "'com-priv list'" <com-priv@psi.com>,
        "davidc@teckla.apnic.net" <davidc@teckla.apnic.net>,
        "'NANOG List'" <nanog@merit.edu>,
        "'NIC Registry list'" <nic-registry@internic.net>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:14:50 PST."
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 13:30:54 +0900
From: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>

Hi,

>The answer is to have published, objective criteria, consistently applied, 
>with a defined appeal process and accountability.  

See the latest allocation policy draft -- it attempts to do that.
Comments on the draft would be welcome, see:

	draft-hubbard-registry-guidelines-00.txt

>It's hard to play by the 
>rules if you don't know what they are, and one has only to look at the /14 
>allocation to @Home to realize that the "slow start" rules do not apply to 
>everyone equally.

The @Home allocation was done outside of normal registry procedures by
the IANA directly.  InterNIC should not be held responsible for that
case.

Regards,
-drc


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