RE: [GLOBAL-V6] Comments on AP Consensus

[John L Crain <crain@icann.org>]

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>As I pointed on some IETF lists, I find the LIR definition somehow 
>inconsistent with RIR and NIR.
>If one was to follow the same logic, RIR, NIR and LIR would be similar 
>(RIR assigns to NIR and LIR, NIR assigns to LIR) except for their scope:
>
>- RIR : ~continent.
>- NIR : nation.
>- LIR : city / metropolitan area.
>
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To me the thinking behind this seems to indicate addressing/routing based 
on geography. Unless someone has a way to make routing work based on 
continent/country/city borders rather than topological based on ISP's 
border routers I don't see how this will work.

Local Internet Registry in the IPv4 world translates to local to a specific 
network. This is generally some form of Internet Service Provider, be it a 
commercial organization, the NOC of a large company or an Educational 
institution.

I do believe there have been Internet Drafts on geographically based 
addressing schemes though. Not sure of the ID's names though?

JC

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