@techreport{ietf-pip-provider-addr-00, number = {draft-ietf-pip-provider-addr-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pip-provider-addr/00/}, author = {Paul Francis}, title = {{On the Assignment of Provider Rooted Addresses}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 1993, month = mar, day = 22, abstract = {There is an ongoing debate in the IETF about the pros and cons of provider versus geographically assigned addresses. This paper describes the characteristics of provider-rooted address assignment, and compares it with geographical address assignment.}, }