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IAB recommended policy on distributing internet identifier assignment and IAB recommended policy change to internet "connected" status

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Network Working Group                                            V. Cerf
Request for Comments:  1174                                         CNRI
                                                             August 1990

 IAB Recommended Policy on Distributing Internet Identifier Assignment
                                  and
      IAB Recommended Policy Change to Internet "Connected" Status


Status of this Memo

   This informational RFC represents the official view of the Internet
   Activities Board (IAB), and describes the recommended policies and
   procedures on distributing Internet identifier assignments and
   dropping the connected status requirement.  This RFC does not specify
   a standard.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   Status of this Memo...............................................  1
   Overview..........................................................  1
   1.  Recommendation about Internet Identifiers.....................  2
   1.1.  Summary.....................................................  2
   1.2.  Introduction................................................  2
   1.3.  Proposed Method of Operation................................  2
   2.  Recommendation about Connected Status.........................  3
   2.1.  Summary.....................................................  3
   2.2.  Introduction................................................  3
   2.3.  Recommendations.............................................  4
   2.a.1.  Attachment 1..............................................  4
   2.a.1.1.  Summary.................................................  4
   2.a.1.2.  Background..............................................  4
   2.a.1.3.  Recommendation..........................................  6
   2.a.1.4.  Discussion..............................................  7
   2.a.2.  Attachment 2..............................................  8
   Security Considerations...........................................  8
   Author's Address..................................................  9

Overview

   This RFC includes two recommendations from the IAB to the FNC.  The
   first is a "Recommended Policy on Distributing Internet Identifier
   Assignment", that is, a suggestion to distribute the function of
   assigning network and autonomous system numbers.  The second is a
   "Recommended Policy Change to Internet 'Connected' Status", that is,
   a suggestion to drop the notion of connected status in favor of
   recording the acceptable use policy and traffic access policy for
   each network.  Included in this second recommendation is the explict



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