[address-policy-wg] Re: [GLOBAL-V6] [ppml] How to get a IPv6 /32 the cheap way: go to AFRINIC

Am going to assume that was a rhetorical question;)

I believe that the services needed to allocate address space are  
indeed critical to continue expansion of the networks and to enabling
ISPs to get their addresses. Some of the other services operated by  
RIR's include DNS for reverse delegation etc. are also in a similar  
category.

So in as far as any of the registration systems and some of the  
related infrastructure are "Critical" then I think IANA and the RIRs  
are in a similar boat.
Of course if any of our networks disappeared for a few hours life  
would go on.. In fact I remember a situation in the mid 90's when
we had such a fun day at the RIPE NCC:)

Most of the policies I've seen recognise this. So probably the most  
important measure of whether or not they are deemed critical is the  
fact that the community has decided that this is the case.

John L. Crain



On Jun 22, 2007, at 9:45 AM, David Conrad wrote:

> On Jun 22, 2007, at 11:17 AM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
>> RIRs can be considered, and in fact they are, critical
>> infrastructures,
>
> Why?
>
> Rgds,
> -drc
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