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        BCP 12:
        RFC 2050:

        Title:      INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES	
        Author:     K. Hubbard, M. Kosters, D. Conrad,
                    D. Karrenberg, J. Postel
        Date:       November 1996
        Mailbox:    kimh@internic.net, markk@internic.net,
                    davidc@APNIC.NET, dfk@RIPE.NET, Postel@ISI.EDU
        Pages:      13
        Characters: 28,975
        Updates/Obsoletes:  1466

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2050.txt

This document describes the registry system for the distribution of
globally unique Internet address space and registry operations.
Particularly this document describes the rules and guidelines
governing the distribution of this address space. This RFC is a
product of the CIDR Deployment Working Group of the IETF.

IESG Note: By approving this document as a Best Current Practice,the
IESG asserts its belief that this policy described herein is an
accurate representation of the current practice of the IP address
registries with respect to address assignment.  This does not
constitute endorsement or recommendation of this policy by the IESG.
The IESG will reevaluate its approval of this document in December
1997 taking into consideration the results of the discussions that
will be take place in the IRE Working Group between now and then.

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