[2055] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Allocation of IP Addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Thu Mar 14 00:49:24 1996
To: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@unety.net>
cc: "'NANOG List'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Mar 1996 23:20:35 CST."
<01BB1133.AFB1F3E0@webster.unety.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 14:32:11 +0900
From: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>
[CC's edited]
>How much attention is paid to how blocks are being used...???
ISPs must now show 75-80% utilization of existing address space
prior to allocation of new address space.
>Why doesn't the Internic require that Class A delegates, use those
>addresses rather than addresses from other parts of the spectrum...???
To my knowledge they do. Note that this is a relatively recent policy
shift. I do know ISPs with class As have been refused new allocations
until they can dmonstrate they have utilized 70-80% of their class A,
however it is easy to hide that you are from an organization with
existing space.
>For example, why are name servers allowed in 192 and 204...as shown
>below...??? It would be easy for the Internic to have a policy that
>does not allow the foll owing...
There are many such examples (IBM, PSI, BBN, etc). However, I do
not believe there have been new allocations to these organizations
in the recent past.
>Should companies be given recognition for "Internet Ecology" efforts...???
>Hewlett-Packard Company (NET-HP-INTERNET)
You are basing too much on what companies use for their DNS. HP has
lots of other address space as well.
Regards,
-drc
