RE: IP Addresses Do Not Wear Out

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming@doorstep.unety.net>]

On Monday, April 13, 1998 11:52 AM, Michael Dillon[SMTP:michael@memra.com] wrote:
@On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:
@
@> If you're going to use in a year, two years, three years, or five years,
@> you're still going to use it.  Giving it to them now harms nothing, and in
@> fact HELPS in that it keeps the routing table size down.
@
@And what about MIT? What if they are going to use their /8 in a year, two
@years, three years, or five years? They're still going to use it. Letting
@them keep it now harms nothing and in fact HELPS in that it keeps the
@routing table size down.
@

In my opinion, anyone with a /8 should agree to become an ARIN-like
registry or give up that allocation to some organization that IS willing
to manage it in that manner. We are talking about 1/256th of the total
IPv4 address space (not including the unfortunate holes). Any organization
that is sitting on that amount of space should be required to assist in
managing it. This will provide alternative places for people and companies
to obtain address space. This helps to prevent ARIN from having a
monopoly.

Besides MIT, places like DEC should be required to do the same.

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Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI