@techreport{li-ispac-00, number = {draft-li-ispac-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-li-ispac/00/}, author = {Tony Li}, title = {{Internet Service Provider Address Coalitions (ISPACs)}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 1996, month = nov, day = 25, abstract = {The introduction of CIDR {[}1, 2{]} substantially changed the way that address allocation was performed in the Internet. The result is that address allocation is provider-based: the address used by a host depends on which service provider is used by the host. One of the unfortunate implications is that if a host changes provider, it must renumber. In many cases this is awkward, expensive, and difficult.}, }