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Re: [ga] One technical question.


Jim Fleming wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Sotiris Sotiropoulos" <sotiris@worldatlarge.org>
>Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:00 AM
>Subject: [ga] One technical question.
>
>
>  
>
>>I wonder if anyone might be able to direct me to a table chart depicting 
>>current/up to date Network Number Class Allocations?  [I'm looking for a 
>>breakdown similar to the one of page 23 of RFC 990]  
>>
>>Jim Fleming, perhaps you can help? or someone else?
>>
>>Thanks in Advance,
>>
>>Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>>
>>    
>>
>RFC 990                                                    November 1986
>Network Numbers
>
>
>   Network Totals
>
>      Assigned for the ARPA-Internet and the DDN-Internet
>
>         Class         A         B         C     Total
>
>         Research     13        92       775       880
>
>         Defense       9        19        45        73
>
>         Government    1        15        97       113
>
>         Commercial    3         4         5        12
>
>         Total        26       130       922      1078
>
>      Allocated for Internet and Independent Uses
>
>         Class         A         B         C     Total
>
>         Research     14       105      1681      1800
>
>         Defense       9        20        47        76
>
>         Government    1        17        98       116
>
>         Commercial    3        12      3974      3989
>
>         Total        27       154      5800      5981
>
>      Maximum Allowed
>
>         Class         A         B         C     Total
>
>         Research      8      1024     65536     66568
>
>         Defense      24      3072    458752    461848
>
>         Government   24      3072    458752    461848
>
>         Commercial   74      9214   1114137   1123394
>
>         Total       126     16382   2097150   2113658
>
>
>
>
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>Reynolds & Postel                                              [Page 23]
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>This page ?
>
>Classes no longer apply...but one could analyze these allocations
>to greater depth and see that ISPs have a very small percentage of the space...
>http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
>
Thanks Jim.  Loud and clear.  I now understand that it's CIDR or 
"supernetting" these days.  FYI, I have been doing some homework on this 
topic and I just read an excellent paper on the "Development of the 
Regional Internet Registry System" in the Internet Protocol Journal:
 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/759/ipj_4-4/ipj_4-4_regional.html
I think it should be required reading for all participants/spectators in 
and around the ICANN.  Concise and punctillious.

The following excerpts caught my attention:
------------------
"Internationalization
While the engineering-driven need for topological address space 
assignment was becoming clear, there was also an emerging recognition 
that the administrative mechanisms of address space distribution needed 
further development. A central system just would not scale for numerous 
reasons, including:

Sheer volume
Distance from the address space consumers
Lack of an appropriate global funding structure
Lack of local community support

The need to change administrative procedures was formally recognized by 
August 1990, when the Internet Activities Board published a message it 
had sent to the U.S. Federal Networking Council, stating "it is timely 
to consider further delegation of assignment and registration authority 
on an international basis" (RFC 1174 -drafted by Vinton G. Cerf : 
http://www.armware.dk/RFC/rfc/rfc1174.html)."
<snip- and then a little further on>
"Following the examples of RIPE NCC and APNIC, it was recommended that 
management of IP address space then administered by the InterNIC should 
be under the control of, and administered by, those that use it, 
including ISPs, end-user organizations, corporate entities, 
universities, and individuals."
-------------------
Now that ICANN at-large membership is now no longer an option... those 
of us in North and South America can always become "individual" members 
of ARIN for a mere $500 annual membership fee (sans IP allocations, of 
course) see: http://www.arin.net/membership/index.html  

Enough reading for one night.

Sincerely,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos











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