Address Supporting Organization Address Council Network

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Information type: The event tests whether global number-resource governance can define credible recognition, operation and derecognition rules without weakening regional legitimacy.

heng.lu - ICP-2 revision and RIR failure standards
heng.lu frames the ICP-2 revision as a response to RIR failure risk and argues that power must remain bottom-up.
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heng.lu - ICP-2 implementation power and centralisation risk
heng.lu identifies implementation authority and structural centralisation risk as the critical test inside the ICP-2 revision draft.
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heng.lu - number-resource portability and ICP-2 revision
heng.lu argues that portability of number resources is a structural safeguard for networks exposed to RIR governance failure.
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NRS - influence of Regional Internet Registries
NRS explains why Regional Internet Registries are governance institutions whose decisions affect address access, autonomy and internet operations.
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NRS - internet governance and its importance
NRS supplies the wider internet-governance frame for why number-resource institutions need accountable, community-trusted rules.
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Last updated: 2026-08-27

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ASO council moves RIR governance rewrite toward a second draft
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council has become the visible institutional entity in the ICP-2 rewrite because the process is no longer only about admitting new Regional Internet Registries. The public debate now treats the revision as a test of failure standards, number-resource portability and how much central power can be added without hollowing out bottom-up governance.
Primary articlePublished 2026-05-26