From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 12:12:16 EST
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> | These were delegated on the return of nets 49 and 50, along w/ about a
> | /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space. e.g. an overall reduction in the
> | amount of space. Jon Postel, as the IANA, approved the transfers.
> | At that time, ARIN did not have control over legacy delegations.
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> So I seem to be missing something that keeps me from understanding this --
> why didn't they just turn off the /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space and
> keep the two pre-existing historical class-As, which would have more
> fully followed the BCPs?
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> Sean.
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legecy hardware/software. Fully classless kit was just becoming
common at the time. (cisco did not support it across the product line)
--bill
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