[136749] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Feb 4 16:55:53 2011
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <4097D073-B087-4B97-BD23-51B80C3BC313@puck.nether.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:51:12 -0500
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote:
>>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a =
reasonably brisk business in reclamation and reallocation, albeit in =
ever smaller blocks.=20
>>>=20
>>> As holder of a small block, this scares and irritates me. It scares =
me that I might lose my autonomy and future expansion through no fault =
of my own, and it irritates me that the reason I may be forced to give =
up my address space will probably be to satisfy the internet's desperate =
need for more spam cannons.
>>=20
>> If you are using your block, why would you worry?
>>=20
>> If not are not using your block, why would you need it?
>=20
> Likely because some devices still don't implement IPv6 bootstrap. Try =
to recover a Cisco router via TFTP boot in an IPv6 only environment.
>=20
> I have been trying to remind my vendors to think about IPv6 first and =
IPv4 as a secondary capability to supplement it, I do encourage everyone =
to make this part of your procurement of any equipment in 2011 and =
beyond.
>=20
> eg: If your DNS provider doesn't do IPv6, switch. (has tucows solved =
the AAAA glue issue yet? i think i need to switch... and no, i don't =
feel like using a hack process via a web form, I actually want real =
automated interfaces and support...)
I'm a little confused. Sounds like the things you are talking about all =
fall into the "if you are using your block" category, so he shouldn't =
worry.
ARIN should not reclaim a block that is in use. Unless I am confused? =
(Happens a lot, especially as I get older.)
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
