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On 18 Sep 2014 15:00, "Richard Hill" <rhill@hill-a.ch> wrote:
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> Good point. So maybe all that is needed is for the RIRs to publish the
> blocks that are assigned to them, so that it is easy to find out which WHOIS
> to query.
>
And you think this is currently not happening or perhaps it needs to be improved?

> Or maybe it would suffice to have an aggregated WHOIS.
>
Same comment as above.

> >If the NRO is to take on that role, it
> > will need extra funding and infrastructure. Which will presumably
> > have to come from the RIRs who are already providing the funds
> > and infrastructure which currently supports this function.
>
> True.  But the RIRs at present do make a financial contribution to ICANN,
> presumably in part to fund the IANA function for the IP addresses.
>

But you want them to pay the contribution to IANA instead?

Cheers!
> SNIP
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