RFC - 2050

INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2050.txt
Authors:	K. Hubbard [InterNIC], M. Kosters [InterNIC], D. Conrad [APNIC], D. Karrenberg [RIPE], J. Postel [ISI]
Date:	November 1996
Category:	Best Current Practice [ BCP-12 ]

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Obsoletes:
RFC-1466	Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space (Obsoleted by RFC-2050)

Referred by:	16 RFC
Refers to:	5 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

IESG Note

By approving this document as a Best Current Practice,the IESG asserts its belief that this policy described herein is an accurate representation of the current practice of the IP address registries with respect to address assignment. This does not constitute endorsement or recommendation of this policy by the IESG. The IESG will reevaluate its approval of this document in December 1997 taking into consideration the results of the discussions that will be take place in the IRE Working Group between now and then.

Abstract

This document describes the registry system for the distribution of globally unique Internet address space and registry operations. Particularly this document describes the rules and guidelines governing the distribution of this address space.

This document describes the IP assignment policies currently used by the Regional Registries to implement the guidelines developed by the IANA. The guidelines and these policies are subject to revision at the direction of the IANA. The registry working group (IRE WG) will be discussing these issues and may provide advice to the IANA about possible revisions.

This document replaces RFC 1466(-> 2050), with all the guidelines and procedures updated and modified in the light of experience.

This document does not describe private Internet address space and multicast address space. It also does not describe regional and local refinements of the global rules and guidelines.

This document can be considered the base set of operational guidelines in use by all registries. Additional guidelines may be imposed by a particular registry as appropriate.

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