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Status of CIDR Deployment in the Internet
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Network Working Group C. Topolcic
Request for Comments: 1467 CNRI
Obsoletes: 1367 August 1993
Status of CIDR Deployment in the Internet
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
Abstract
This document describes the current status of the development and
deployment of CIDR technology into the Internet. This document
replaces RFC 1367, which was a schedule for the deployment of IP
address space management procedures to support route aggregation.
Since all the milestones proposed in RFC 1367 except for the delivery
and installation of CIDR software were met, it does not seem
appropriate to issue an updated schedule. Rather, this document is
intended to provide information about how this effort is proceeding,
which may be of interest to the community.
1. Background
The Internet's exponential growth has led to a number of difficulties
relating to the management of IP network numbers. The administrative
overhead of allocating ever increasing volumes of IP network numbers
for global users has stressed the organizations that perform this
function. The volume of IP network numbers that are reachable
through the Internet has taxed a number of routers' ability to manage
their forwarding tables. The poor utilization of allocated IP
network numbers has threatened to deplete the Class A and Class B
address space.
During the past few years, a consensus has emerged among the Internet
community in favor of a number of mechanisms to relieve these
problems for the mid-term. These mechanisms are expected to be put
into place in the short term and to provide relief for the mid-term.
Fundamental changes to the Internet protocols to ensure the
Internet's continued long term growth and well being are being
explored and are expected to succeed the mid-term mechanisms.
The global Internet community have been cooperating closely in such
forums as the IETF and its working groups, the IEPG, the NSF Regional
Techs Meetings, INET, INTEROP, FNC, FEPG, and other assemblies in
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