[121558] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: policies for 24.0.0.0/8 ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Fri Jan 22 05:08:20 2010
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:07:35 +0000
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
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On 22/01/2010 05:07, Jim Mercer wrote:
> i'm doing some consulting work for a cable operator in Pakistan.
>
> while i'm guessing that realistically we will be approaching RIPE for address
> space, i'm just wandering what happened to 24.0.0.0/8 and what policies
> govern who and what can use the address space there.
Not quite sure why you'd want to use 24/8. It became a "normal" address
block a very long time ago . RFC3330 sez:
> 24.0.0.0/8 - This block was allocated in early 1996 for use in
> provisioning IP service over cable television systems. Although the
> IANA initially was involved in making assignments to cable operators,
> this responsibility was transferred to American Registry for Internet
> Numbers (ARIN) in May 2001. Addresses within this block are assigned
> in the normal manner and should be treated as such.
So, it's just regular IP address space, available for assignment if you
live in ARIN-land.
Incidentally, Pakistan is serviced by APNIC, not RIPE:
http://www.apnic.net/about-APNIC/organization/apnics-region
Nick
