The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) is a supporting organization affiliated with ICANN. Its members make up the Address Council. ICANN headquarters ICANN (IPA /aɪkæn/) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ...

The ASO's web site states that the ASO's purpose "is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and to advise the ICANN Board."

The ASO is made of up of representatives from each of the regional internet registries, including ARIN and RIPE. It nominates two members of the ICANN board of directors. It was founded in 1999. A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is an organisation overseeing the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world. ... The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the United States, Canada, Bermuda, the Bahamas, parts of the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE, French for European IP Networks) is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. ... ICANN headquarters ICANN (IPA /aɪkæn/) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ...

External links

• Official site
• Address Supporting Organization: About the ASO