On
October 31, 2003, the RIRs delivered to ICANN an Open Letter advising
of the formation of the NRO. This letter included a copy of the
NRO MoU, and a proposed MoU for the formation of a new ICANN Address
Supporting Organization (ASO), as required under the reformed ICANN
structure. Under the latter document, the ASO would be formed by
agreement of the NRO and ICANN.
The most prominent activity of the four Regional
Internet Registries (RIRs) is the provision of global Internet resources
and related services (IPv4, IPv6 and AS Number resources) and the
management of reverse domain space.
For more information about the history of RIRs,
please read the article "Development
of the Regional Internet Registry System", as published
in the Cisco Internet Protocol Journal, December 2001.
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