Re: [address-policy-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg@localhost] IPv6 access to K-root

[Gert Doering <]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:55:10PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> So who authorized this?

The normal RIPE policy process.  People discussed it, and decided it's
a useful idea to have a way to get well-known IPv6 addresses to root
servers.

The resulting document is ripe-233:

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 IPv6 Addresses for Internet Root Servers in the RIPE Region

 Joao Luis Silva Damas

 Document ID: ripe-233
 Date: 24 May 2002



 Abstract

 This document describes the special case assignment policy for
 Internet DNS root servers in the RIPE region.
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The progress that led to this policy is documented in the archives.

> It looks a lot like the RIPE NCC doesn't have to stick to its own rules 
> when it doesn't feel like it.

Please try to get your facts straigth *before* making such statements.

Gert Doering
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