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Malaysia ponders regulating management of IP addresses

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Malaysia ponders regulating management of IP addresses

Wants to revive the lost art of the National Internet Registry, which APNIC has deprecated and isn’t keen to bring back

The government of Malaysia has commenced a consultation on whether it should regulate management of IP addresses and autonomous systems numbers, over objections from regional internet registry the Asian Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC).

Malaysia announced its consultation in June, when the nation’s Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) posted a paper [PDF] in which it explains that a lot has happened since passage of the 1998 Act that governs its activities – so it probably needs an update.

One of the proposed changes would see Malaysia create a statutory authority with the power to manage electronic addressing “including the management of IP addresses, AS numbers and associated fees.”

“This is to support the development of a National Internet Registry model and to...

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