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<title abbrev='Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines'>INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES</title>
<author initials='K.' surname='Hubbard' fullname='Kim Hubbard'>
<organization>InterNIC Registration Services</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>c/o Network Solutions</street>
<street>505 Huntmar Park Drive</street>
<street>Herndon</street>
<street>VA 22070</street></postal>
<phone>(703) 742-4870</phone>
<email>kimh@internic.net</email></address></author>
<author initials='M.' surname='Kosters' fullname='Mark Kosters'>
<organization>InterNIC Registration Services</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>c/o Network Solutions</street>
<street>505 Huntmar Park Drive</street>
<street>Herndon</street>
<street>VA 22070</street></postal>
<phone>(703) 742-4795</phone>
<email>markk@internic.net</email></address></author>
<author initials='D.' surname='Conrad' fullname='David Conrad'>
<organization>Asia Pacific Network Information Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>c/o United Nations University</street>
<street>53-70 Jingumae 5-chome</street>
<street>Shibuya-ku</street>
<street>Tokyo 150</street>
<country>JP</country></postal>
<phone>+81-3-5467-7014</phone>
<email>davidc@APNIC.NET</email></address></author>
<author initials='D.' surname='Karrenberg' fullname='Daniel Karrenberg'>
<organization>RIPE NCC</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Kruislaan 409</street>
<street>SJ Amsterdam NL-1098</street>
<country>NL</country></postal>
<phone>+31 20 592 5065</phone>
<email>dfk@RIPE.NET</email></address></author>
<author initials='J.' surname='Postel' fullname='Jon Postel'>
<organization>USC/Information Sciences Institute</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>4676 Admiralty Way</street>
<street>Marina del Rey</street>
<street>CA  90292</street></postal>
<phone>310-822-1511</phone>
<email>Postel@ISI.EDU</email></address></author>
<date month='November' year='1996' />
<area>Routing</area>
<keyword>CIDR</keyword>
<keyword>classless inter-domain routing</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   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.
</t>
<t>
   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.
</t>
<t>
   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.
</t>
<t>
   This document replaces RFC 1466, 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.
</t>
<t>
   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.
</t></abstract>
<note title='IESG Note'>
<t>
   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.
</t></note></front>

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