Re: [IANAxfer@apnic] Key elements of the transition of IANA stewardship
On 11-Sep-14 08:33, John Curran wrote:
> Again, feel free to run one if you'd like, and assign
> the entire 32-bit IP address space to various parties in "Richard's Global
> IP Registry"
Intriguing question.
And a little mean.
Nonetheless, a thought experiment since you seem to posit something as
within the realm of possibility.
What would it take for Richard and Friends to acquire control over some
IP address space; Either v4 (maybe they get it from the legacies) or v6
(maybe they just ask for an unassigned block). Would they be allowed to
allocate the v4 (perhaps one way for MENA and other v4 deprived
communities to get it)? Would they be allocated by IANA a block of v6?
If not, why not? Especially since there are enough bits for an infinity
of universes.
And what if people around the world, perhaps members of global
organizations or just a bottom-up groundswell of contrarians, applauded
and said yes, we want IP allocations from Richard and Friends? Would
that be allowed? Who needs to allow it? IANA? How do they decide? The
RIRs? why? Because they were there first?
If the people wanting it are enough for authority - and I agree that is
the way it should be, then how could Richard and Friends make this happen?
avri
Disclaimer: I have no idea whether Richard and Friend, or anything like
that, exists or whether if it did exist they would ever organize a group
of people who wanted to get addresses allocated by competing stream of
distributors.