[156543] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire /8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Guerra)
Wed Sep 19 16:36:34 2012
From: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra@privaterra.org>
To: "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:35:13 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20120918140712.GF9750@leitl.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Am I correct in assuming that the unused IP block would not be sold as =
is mentioned in the article, but instead be returned to RIPE to be =
reallocated?
Robert
On 18 Sep 2012, at 10:07, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> http://paritynews.com/network/item/325-department-of-work-and-pensions-=
uk-in-possession-of-169-million-unused-ipv4-addresses
>
> Department of Work and Pensions UK in Possession of 16.9 Million =
> Unused IPv4
> Addresses
>
> Written by Ravi Mandalia
>
> Department of Work and Pensions UK in Possession of 16.9 Million =
> Unused IPv4
> Addresses
>
> The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire block of '/8' =
> IPv4
> addresses that is unused and an e-petition has been filed in this =
> regards
> asking the DWP to sell it off thus easing off the RIPE IPv4 address =
> space
> scarcity a little.
>
> John Graham-Cumming, who found this unused block, wrote in a blog post =
> that
> the DWP was in possession of 51.0.0.0/8 IPv4 addresses. According to =
> Cumming,
> these 16.9 million IP addresses are unused at the moment and he =
> derived this
> conclusion by doing a check in the ASN database. =E2=80=9CA check of th=
e ASN =
> database
> will show that there are no networks for that block of addresses,=E2=80=
=9D =
> he wrote.
>
> An e-petition has been filed in this regards. =E2=80=9CIt has recently =
come =
> to light
> that the Department for Work and Pensions has its own allocated block =
> of
> 16,777,216 addresses (commonly referred to as a /8), covering 51.0.0.0 =
> to
> 51.255.255.255=E2=80=9D, reads the petition.
>
> The UK government, if it sells off this /8 block, could end up getting =
> =C2=A31
> billion mark. =E2=80=9C=C2=A31 billion of low-effort extra cash would b=
e a very =
> nice thing
> to throw at our deficit,=E2=80=9D read the petition.
>
> Cumming ends his post with the remark, =E2=80=9CSo, Mr. Cameron, I'll a=
ccept =
> a 10%
> finder's fee if you dispose of this asset :-)=E2=80=9D.
