[8760] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NAP philosophy & IP technology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Fajman)
Fri Dec 3 14:32:42 1993
To: peter@goshawk.lanl.gov
Cc: fair@apple.com, com-priv@psi.com
From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF@cu.nih.gov>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1993 14:29:11 EST
> CIDR does not *require* that you be tied to a particular provider.
> What the CIDR plan calls for is that the default case be for an "end
> site" to take its address from its "immediate provider". The CIDR RFCs
> document the exception cases and how they can be handled. The IETF's
> CIDR deployment working group does not propose that exceptions not be
> allowed.
I know that exceptions are currently allowed. In the ALE BOF at the
last IETF some were suggesting that that be changed. There were also
suggestions that owners of Class A and maybe B networks might have to
renumber. So far these are just ideas, not requirements.
