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... keeping with that goal, it is necessary to develop a plan which
manages the distribution of the network number space. The demand for
network numbers has grown significantly within the last two years and
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... 1174 and which defines the allocation and assignment of the
network number space. There are three major topics to be addressed:
1) Qualifications for Distributed Regional Registries ...
... allocations from this space will be restricted. The entire Class A
number space will be retained by the IANA and the IR. No allocations
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... Allocations from the Class B network number space will be restricted
also. Small blocks of numbers may be allocated to regional
registries ...
... The Class C network number space will be divided into allocatable
blocks which will be reserved by the IANA and IR ...
... Inspection of the Class C IP network numbers shows that the number
space with prefixes 192 and 193 are assigned. The remaining space
from prefix ...
... The remaining Class C network number space will be allocated in a
fashion which is compatible with potential address aggregation
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... these divisions of the Class C network number space and will begin
assigning network numbers accordingly.
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... Assignment of the Network Number Space ...
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1) to reserve a portion of the IP number space so that it may be
available to transition to a new numbering plan
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... 2) to assign the Class C network number space in a fashion which
is compatible with proposed address aggregation techniques
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... network numbers. The upper half of the Class A
number space will be reserved indefinitely (IP network addresses
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... network numbers and the underutilization of
the Class B number space by most organizations, the recommendation is
now to use multiple Class Cs where practical.
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... Section 3 of this document recommends a division of the Class C
number space. That division is primarily an administrative division
which lays the groundwork for distributed network number registries ...
... class C network numbers from the number space reserved for European
networks, 194.0.0.0 - 195.255.255.255. If an organization from
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... class C network numbers from
the number space reserved for Central/South American networks,
200.0.0.0 - 201.255.255.255.
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... These recommendations for management of the current IP network number
space only profess to delay depletion of the IP address space, not to
postpone it indefinitely.
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