[discuss] IPv6 Deployment and IG

Fri Dec 27 20:20:11 UTC 2013

Milton,
There are no NIRs in Africa
Nii

On Dec 27, 2013, at 19:15, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> 
>> All of which ignores the fact that IP addresses are allocated, 
>> routed, and used topologically, not geographically. Which 
>> means that all discussion of them in terms of physical 
>> geography and national boundaries is completely pointless.
> 
> From the standpoint of pure technical efficiency, perhaps so. But then you need to explain to me why we have a growing number of NIRs in Asia and Africa (including Japan) and I why I spent several months this year trying to prevent the US DEA and DoJ from imposing jurisdictional boundaries on ARIN allocations on the basis of a "know your customer" rationale. To me the explanation seems obvious; if a political authority can align allocation and assignment authority with their own jurisdiction then they have more power over Internet uses and users. 
> 
> --MM
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