authority
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... created
and stored by a number of different organizations, such as the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), Internet Registry (IR ...
... This object provides information on a block of IP addresses delegated
to some local-authority or service provider. Only contiguous blocks
can be represented with the following schema. If an organization
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... themselves have got a block of IP network numbers assigned from
another authority (e.g., IR at top level). This concept of delegated
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... Network numbers that were
directly assigned by a top-level authority, i.e., have not been
object of a delegation to a local assigning authority ...
... authority, i.e., have not been
object of a delegation to a local assigning authority, will all be at
one level in the Directory. Already today, however, we find many
delegations ...
... the assigned IP network numbers as subordinates. Also, part of the
block can be further delegated to another authority, leading to
another delegated block object within the parent delegated block's
tree ...
... Management Domain (DMD) over which the organization has the
authority. This gives rise to some tricky problems - a typical
example is that of a NIC which holds the AS ...