• Equipment must comply with network standards and run only approved protocols.
• Communications with any node must match their advertised policy.
• No network abuse, hacking, scanning, flooding etc.
• You must comply with local laws and regulations.
• Network addresses and contact points must be actively maintained.
• This is a membership based network, you may join for free, but you can also have your membership revoked should you abuse the network.

• The existing Internet registries are unable to meet these requirements.
• By using wiana approved protocols, you will be using cryptographically signed protocols, the keys for which must be signed by a wiana key.
• The wiana network does not map directly into Internet address space, external connections are translated and will perhaps eventually slot into an ipv6 subnet.
• Wiana has no association with other Internet registries or government or trade organisations. We are providing an address management system to meet the requirements of the currently emerging community networks.

• Wireless - is taken to mean mobile networking utilising wireless lan style technology.
• Internet - is taken to mean a collection of networks which can inter-communicate.
• Assigned - is taken to mean something specifically referenced to an individual or organisation.
• Numbers - is taken to mean a collection of numeric references.
• Authority - is taken to mean an organisation providing exact information and also having the power to enforce regulations and make decisions of judgement.

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