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Re: IANA [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]

2012-05-31 23:40:22

On May 31, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Thierry Moreau wrote:

Brian E Carpenter wrote:
On 2012-05-31 09:24, SM wrote:
...
In Section 3.2.3:

 "Approves the appointment of the IANA"

Isn't IANA more of a U.S. Government decision? 
The IAB decides who acts as the IETF's IANA. RFC 2860 again.
 Brian

See e.g.

http://ntia.doc.gov/page/iana-functions-purchase-order

You're correct that NTIA wants to pay someone to do the "protocol parameter" 
job. The IAB can decide to not use that office.

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