Are Regional Internet Registries necessary? — Speaker Series 5
What should a registry do, and what should its users be paying for?
Lu Heng · English recording
Regional Internet Registries keep records of Internet number resources, including IP addresses. In this conversation, Lu Heng questions their expenditure and the scale of the institutions built around that task.
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The useful question is what networks actually need from a common service. His later Bill of Rights sets out a narrower role for registries: accurate records and technical coordination, with the freedom to leave a failing provider.