Joe and all, Although Andy is correct and APNIC announced this some two to three weeks ago now yet removed the link, as did ICANN three days after this announcement was posted on Apnic-Talk ML as well as any associated links to it, Joe is also correct in his evaluation of how to handle this potential damaging aspect. It should also be known that there are "Rumors" of new IP registries being created, to address this situation or future similar situations that the ICANN BoD may decide to engage in in the mid to long term. Some of these new IP registry have already received commitments for substantial funding. I wish I could be more specific on this, but until I have more solid information I cannot. We are working on this though.... !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Andy Gardner wrote:
IIRC, if they use anything but the "approved" root, ICANN will tell APNIC to re-assign the ISP's IP allotment.
remember - all that APNIC, ARIN and RIPE do is maintain a database of ip assignments. If ICANN becomes a problem and wants to play hitler - all it takes is ISP's to agree to change to another provider. The existing database managers can be replaced by popular consensus - so i would not be overly concerned - just ready.
regards joe baptista
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