[From nobody Sat May 3 12:23:13 2008 Path: news.isc.org!nanog.org!nanog-bounces From: mleber@he.net (Mike Leber) Newsgroups: local.mail.net.nanog Subject: [NANOG] fair warning: less than 1000 days left to IPv4 exhaustion Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 11:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Internet Systems Consortium Lines: 36 Sender: news@isc.org Distribution: local Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0805021137030.16514-100000@ruby.he.net> References: <481B0EC9.7090900@ycrdi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.isc.org X-Trace: sf1.isc.org 1209754328 67874 204.152.184.108 (2 May 2008 18:52:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@isc.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:52:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: local-mail-net-nanog@sf1.isc.org X-Delivered-To: local-mail-net-nanog@sf1.isc.org X-Received: from mx.isc.org (mx.isc.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:0:2::1c]) by sf1.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EDA328447 for <local-mail-net-nanog@sf1.isc.org>; Fri, 2 May 2008 18:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nanog-bounces@nanog.org) X-Received: from s0.nanog.org (s0.nanog.org [IPv6:2001:48a8:6880:95::20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B07F1114050 for <local-mail-net-nanog@isc.org>; Fri, 2 May 2008 18:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nanog-bounces@nanog.org) X-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=s0.nanog.org) by s0.nanog.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <nanog-bounces@nanog.org>) id 1Js0MK-000HIs-DA; Fri, 02 May 2008 18:51:52 +0000 X-Received: from ruby.he.net ([216.218.187.2]) by s0.nanog.org with smtp (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from <mleber@he.net>) id 1Js0MF-000HGO-To for nanog@nanog.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 18:51:48 +0000 X-Received: from ruby.he.net ([216.218.187.2]) by ruby.he.net for <nanog@nanog.org>; Fri, 2 May 2008 11:51:43 -0700 X-To: nanog@nanog.org X-In-Reply-To: <481B0EC9.7090900@ycrdi.com> X-MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: nanog@nanog.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 X-Precedence: list X-List-Id: North American Network Operators Group <nanog.nanog.org> X-List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog>, <mailto:nanog-request@nanog.org?subject=unsubscribe> X-List-Archive: <http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog> X-List-Post: <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> X-List-Help: <mailto:nanog-request@nanog.org?subject=help> X-List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog>, <mailto:nanog-request@nanog.org?subject=subscribe> X-Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=unavailable version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on mx.isc.org Xref: news.isc.org local.mail.net.nanog:87762 Since nobody mentioned it yet, there are now less than 1000 days projected until IPv4 exhaustion: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/ Do you have an IPv6 plan? How long do you think it will be until Sarbanes Oxley and SAS 70 auditors start requiring disclosure of IPv4 exhaustion as a business continuity risk, as well as the presence or lack thereof of an IPv6 plan? When do you plan on telling your customers? (afterwards?) Ahhh, you don't have any customers that have to plan to buy equipment 2 years in advance. Ok, I understand. Mike. ps. 1000 days assumes no rush, speculation, or hoarding. Do people do that? pps. Of course these are provocative comments for amusement. :) ppps. Or not if you don't have any kind of IPv6 plan. Sorry, sorry... +----------------- H U R R I C A N E - E L E C T R I C -----------------+ | Mike Leber Wholesale IPv4 and IPv6 Transit 510 580 4100 | | Hurricane Electric Web Hosting Colocation AS6939 | | mleber@he.net http://he.net | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog ]