At 12:55 29-11-2012, The IESG wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'Special-Purpose Address Registries'
<draft-bonica-special-purpose-03.txt> as Best Current Practice
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org mailing lists by 2013-01-02. Exceptionally, comments
may be
From the Abstract:
"This memo updates RFC 5736 and RFC 4773, which define the current
structure of the IPv4 and IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registries.
It also obsoletes RFC 5735 and RFC 5156 which document special-
purpose address blocks that are not currently, but will in the
future, be recorded in the IPv4 and IPv6 Special-Purpose Address
Registries."
BCP 153 is about Special Use IPv4 addresses. This intended BCP will
create a mishmash as the draft covers both IPv4 and IPv6. I suggest
handling the IP versions in two separate drafts.
RFC 5375 is being obsoleted by this draft. RFC 6598 updates RFC
5375. Could someone explain that to me (see
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5375&eid=3309 and the
relevant discussion for details)?
The following text is from RFC 3330 which was written by the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority:
"Throughout its entire history, the Internet has employed a central
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) responsible for the
allocation and assignment of various identifiers needed for the
operation of the Internet [RFC1174]. In the case of the IPv4 address
space, the IANA allocates parts of the address space to Regional
Internet Registries according to their established needs. These
Regional Internet Registries are responsible for the assignment of
IPv4 addresses to operators and users of the Internet within their
regions.
[paragraph omitted]
On an ongoing basis, the IANA has been designated by the IETF to make
assignments in support of the Internet Standards Process [RFC2860].
Section 4 of this document describes that assignment process."
The text was also present in RFC 5735. I unfortunately have to
object to the disappearance of that text.
RFC 5736 provides direction to IANA concerning the creation and
management of the IANA IPv4 Special Purpose Address Registry. The
information in RFC 5375 is not obsolete.
From the IANA Considerations Section:
'IANA will update the aforementioned registries as requested in the
"IANA Considerations" section of an IESG-reviewed document. The "
IANA Considerations" section must include all of the information
specified in Section 2.1 of this document.'
RFC 5735 mentions that:
"Among other things, [RFC2860] requires that protocol parameters be
assigned according to the criteria and procedures specified in
RFCs, including Proposed, Draft, and full Internet Standards and
Best Current Practice documents, and any other RFC that calls for
IANA assignment."
This draft changes it.
Regards,
-sm