[75682] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Sat Nov 20 13:12:16 2004
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@muada.com>,
"Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
Cc: "North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:42:27 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@muada.com>
>> Why set up a separate registry system for these addresses instead of
>> making minor changes to the existing one to accommodate this need?
>
> This is a good point. But rather than reuse the RIRs for this, we should
> reuse the domain registry system for this. Domain sellers already know how
> to deal with millions of customers (collectively) and make a business
> based on very small yearly fees, they already deal with the majority of
> the prospective users of this address space and there is healthy
> competition.
This makes perfect sense. After all, RIRs are just renting domains out of
in-addr.arpa. and ip6.arpa. whereas domain registrars are renting domains
out of other TLDs.
Any competent accountant can turn $15/yr domain rent into an up-front
purchase fee to cover registration in perpetuity.
S
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