[discuss] IPv6 Deployment and IG

Fri Dec 27 20:53:07 UTC 2013

Hi Ken
Afrinic allocates to LIRs or operators. There no legacy NIRs in the region
Nii

On Dec 27, 2013, at 20:33, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs at afilias.info> wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance Nii but,
> 
> Why  ?
> 
> Ken
> 
> On 12/27/2013 3:20 PM, Nii Narku Quaynor wrote:
>> 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.
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