Re: Draft internic ip allocation doc

[peter () swan lanl gov]

> What's being asked for here is what a lot of businesses might consider
> proprietary or trade secret type information.  There are few secrets on the
> Internet, we all know, once the network is in place, but plans for expansion
> and new business ought to be confidential until the day the circuit is
> turned on.

It is the case that several regulatory agencies ask for similar information
when an organization requests allocation of spectrum.  For example,
in the US the FCC asks for an "independent" engineering review  for several 
classes of spectrum allocation.

peter