[arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4 accountability.

John Brown john at citylinkfiber.com
Tue Jul 21 22:57:32 EDT 2009


Stop enabling them :)


On 7/21/09 8:56 PM, "Kelvin Williams" <kwilliams at altuscgi.com> wrote:

> I concur.
> 
> But tell that to my Win98 subscribers who refuse to upgrade because their
> Internet works just fine.
> Kelvin Williams
> Altus Communications Group, Inc.
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Gotstein <chris at uplogon.com>
> 
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:53:11
> To: Tony Valenti<tony.valenti at powerdnn.com>
> Cc: <kwilliams at altuscgi.com>; John Brown<john at citylinkfiber.com>;
> <arin-discuss at arin.net>
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4 accountability.
> 
> 
> Pure IPv6 isn't going to happen overnight, but running dual stack can
> happen now.  The more IPv6 we can get out there the better.
> 
> --
> Chris Gotstein
> Sr Network Engineer
> UP Logon/Computer Connection UP
> 500 N Stephenson Ave
> Iron Mountain, MI 49801
> Phone: 906-774-4847
> Fax: 906-774-0335
> chris at uplogon.com
> 
> Tony Valenti wrote:
>> > I'm in Omaha, Nebraska.
>> >
>> > The big thing to us is that as a content provider, we have to serve our
>> > content on a network that is compatible with our customers.  If we went
>> > IPV6 on our gear, we'd go out of business because all our customers
>> > would find a content provider who would serve it on IPs that they could
>> > access.
>> >
>> > It is a lot easier to find a new webhost than it is to change ISPs.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Kelvin Williams <kwilliams at altuscgi.com
>> > <mailto:kwilliams at altuscgi.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Net-Neutrality is something I fully support. The previous example
>> >     was just saying, if ARIN can't help us little guys, we can band
>> >     together and help ourselves.
>> >
>> >     Kelvin Williams
>> >     Altus Communications Group, Inc.
>> >     Office Direct: 678.369.5968
>> >     Office Main: 678.369.5970
>> >     Fax: 866.895.8557
>> >     Mobile: 678.852.4173
>> >
>> >     Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>> >
>> >     
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >     *From*: John Brown
>> >     *Date*: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:39:24 -0600
>> >     *To*: <kwilliams at altuscgi.com <mailto:kwilliams at altuscgi.com>>;
>> >     Chris Gotstein<chris at uplogon.com <mailto:chris at uplogon.com>>
>> >
>> >     *Subject*: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4 accountability.
>> >
>> >     Hang on, I need to scream NET-NEUTRALITY.
>> >
>> >     Ah, but market forces will keep you from adding those ACL¹s.  Your
>> >     customers will find another provider that is ACL free and then you
>> >     will be revenue free. :)
>> >
>> >
>> >     On 7/21/09 8:30 PM, "Kelvin Williams" <kwilliams at altuscgi.com
>> >     <mailto:kwilliams at altuscgi.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >         ARIN may not have the legal right to do anything. But, if they
>> >         (Apple, et al) don't want to play fair with the rest of us, they
>> >         don't have a legal right when we add ACLs blocking their traffic
>> >         from traversing our networks. ;)Kw
>> >
>> >         Kelvin WilliamsAltus Communications Group, Inc.Office Direct:
>> >         678.369.5968Office Main: 678.369.5970Fax: 866.895.8557Mobile:
>> >         678.852.4173Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>> >
>> >         
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >         *From*:  John Brown
>> >         *Date*: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:26:02 -0600
>> >         *To*: Chris Gotstein<chris at uplogon.com
>> >         <mailto:chris at uplogon.com>>; <kwilliams at altuscgi.com
>> >         <mailto:kwilliams at altuscgi.com>>
>> >         *Subject*: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4
>> accountability.
>> >         I¹ll ask the age old question again.
>> >
>> >          What legal right does ARIN have to tell Apple to do anything?
>> >          If Apple got the space pre-ARIN and the rules where different
>> >         then, what gives ARIN the ability to  enforce rules today.
>> >
>> >          Its contracts law.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >          On 7/21/09 8:14 PM, "Chris Gotstein" <chris at uplogon.com
>> >         <mailto:chris at uplogon.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >             I would agree.  Us small guys don't want to get to a point
>> >             where the big
>> >              guys are holding available IP address space over our heads
>> >             for a fee.
>> >              Those companies aren't just going to start dealing with
>> >             every small ISP
>> >              that comes along asking for address space.
>> >
>> >              We've gone through the process of getting our initial IP
>> >             space and also
>> >              requesting additional IP space.  We were successful on both
>> >             attempts
>> >              because we could prove we needed the space.  We also have
>> >             an IPv6 block
>> >              and already have it implemented on our routers.  But at
>> >             this time, the
>> >              only way you can run IPv6 is dual stack, i don't see us
>> >             running pure
>> >              IPv6 for a long time to come.
>> >
>> >              ARIN needs to step in and start dealing with these large,
>> >             mostly unused
>> >              blocks of IP address space.  A working group would be a
>> >             good start, or
>> >              maybe it's just a matter of asking for justification from
>> >             each of these
>> >              companies.  ARIN has the right to poll current block
>> >             holders of address
>> >              space on justification, why can't they do the same on these
>> >             large
>> >              blocks?  If HP and Apple can show they are using 80% or
>> >             more of their
>> >              block, then they can keep it and we move on.  If not, then
>> >             they should
>> >              break up their blocks, and return the un-used space to ARIN.
>> >
>> >
>> >              --
>> >              Chris Gotstein
>> >              Sr Network Engineer
>> >              UP Logon/Computer Connection UP
>> >              500 N Stephenson Ave
>> >              Iron Mountain, MI 49801
>> >              Phone: 906-774-4847
>> >              Fax: 906-774-0335
>> >              chris at uplogon.com <mailto:chris at uplogon.com>
>> >
>> >              Kelvin Williams wrote:
>>> >              > Whoa, whoa, whoa.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > I'm sure I represent several others facing the depletion
>> >             of IPv4. Our Broadband division services residential and SMB
>> >             DOCSIS and DSL subscribers.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > In a perfect world we would be servicing savvy
>> >             subscribers running Linux or current versions of Windows
>> >             that support IPv6, and the majority of web destinations were
>> >             running IPv6.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > I can't implement NAT for our subscribers given that NAT
>> >             can cause problems for some of the services (VoIP, VPNs,
>> >             etc) in use today.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > So, if I'm reading this right, folks like me who are
>> >             protecting what blocks we manage from excess waste and
>> >             paying for every block, will now be at the mercy of these /8
>> >             holders who may be utilizing a tiny portion of the blocks
>> >             they are assigned when the "transfer market" comes into play.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Lovely, I can't wait until I'm paying $100 a year per
>> >             IPv4 address because they can go for that.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > I think instead of talking on these lists that there
>> >             should be a steering group developed to address the real
>> >             issues. Forcing Apple, HP and the DoD to implement IPv6 NOW
>> >             freeing up those blocks. If they can't, they need to pay. In
>> >             my opinion, especially when looking at the DoD most of their
>> >             networks aren't accessed by the general public, so they can
>> >             transition versus the ISPs of the world dealing with users
>> >             still running Windows 98.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Additionally the group could reallocate those big blocks
>> >             to the responsible little guy with the aforementioned issues
>> >             without the establishment of a transfer market, and work to
>> >             create a series of large bandwidth IPv4 to IPv6 gateways.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > (All of the above was written after too many beers at the
>> >             local brew pub--if it doesn't make sense to you, it made
>> >             sense to us)
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Kw
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Kelvin Williams
>>> >              > Altus Communications Group, Inc.
>>> >              > Office Direct: 678.369.5968
>>> >              > Office Main: 678.369.5970
>>> >              > Fax: 866.895.8557
>>> >              > Mobile: 678.852.4173
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              > -----Original Message-----
>>> >              > From: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at ipinc.net
>> >             <mailto:tedm at ipinc.net>>
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:58:01
>>> >              > To: John Brown<john at citylinkfiber.com
>> >             <mailto:john at citylinkfiber.com>>
>>> >              > Cc: ARIN Discussion List<arin-discuss at arin.net
>> >             <mailto:arin-discuss at arin.net>>
>>> >              > Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4
>> >             accountability.
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              >
>>> >              > If people NEED IPv4 after runout (as opposed to merely
>> >             liking to have
>>> >              > some), then a transfer market will
>>> >              > exist, and those unused IPv4 numbers of HP and Apple will
>> >             suddenly
>>> >              > have a transferable value - and as long as HP and Apple
>> >             continue to sit
>>> >              > on them, they lose that money.  It's no different than
>> >             charging them
>>> >              > a fee to where they then lose money paying the fee.
>> >              Either way,
>>> >              > they lose money.  The only difference is who gets the
>> >             money they lose.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Apple and HP only DON'T lose money if a transfer market
>> >             never forms
>>> >              > and that block of numbers never gains value.  In which
>> >             case nobody will
>>> >              > be bugging ARIN to start charging them a fee.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Either way, it works the same.
>>> >              >
>>> >              > Ted
>>> >              >
>>> >              > John Brown wrote:
>>>> >              >> So the challenge for ARIN, is what legal right do they
>> >             have to assess a
>>>> >              >> fee on Apple or HP (to use them as an example here)??
>>>> >              >>
>>>> >              >> When Apple or HP got their space in the late 1980's
>> >             there was no fee as
>>>> >              >> part of the "contract".
>>>> >              >>
>>>> >              >>
>>>> >              >>
>>>>> >              >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> >              >>> From: Steve Wagner
>>>>> [mailto:stwagner at syringanetworks.net]
>>>>> >              >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:38 PM
>>>>> >              >>> To: John Brown; Mike Horwath; Nathaniel B. Lyon
>>>>> >              >>> Cc: ARIN Discussion List
>>>>> >              >>> Subject: RE: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4
>> >             accountability.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> If either Apple or HP  corporate network sits behind a
NAT
>>>>> >              >>> firewall, they do not need the address space you speak
>> >             about,
>>>>> >              >>> i.e. 40 million. In this regard may charging those type
of
>>>>> >              >>> entities for the address space they use, may result in
them
>>>>> >              >>> returning this address space to the allocation pool.
This
>>>>> >              >>> would be true for any other end user entity as well
>> >             that uses
>>>>> >              >>> a NAT type firewall
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> Regards,
>>>>> >              >>> Steve Wagner
>>>>> >              >>> Vice President of Operations
>>>>> >              >>> Syringa Networks, LLC
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>>>>> >              >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> >              >>> From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net
>> >             <mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net>
>>>>> >              >>> [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of
>> >             John Brown
>>>>> >              >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:18 PM
>>>>> >              >>> To: Mike Horwath; Nathaniel B. Lyon
>>>>> >              >>> Cc: ARIN Discussion List
>>>>> >              >>> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4
>> >             accountability.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> I think that the other ARIN RIR's do a better job of
>> >             managing
>>>>> >              >>> the actual
>>>>> >              >>> usage ratios.  Lots of US service providers have space
>> >             allocated or
>>>>> >              >>> assigned to downstream customers and those customers
>> >             don't exist any
>>>>> >              >>> more.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> The cost for provider X to tightly manage their space
is
>>>>> >              >>> higher than the
>>>>> >              >>> cost of them just getting new space.  So it doesn't
>> >             happen.  I could
>>>>> >              >>> give multiple specific examples, at the risk of putting
>> >             a public spot
>>>>> >              >>> light on those providers. :|
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> I believe that the early end user entities that got
gobs of
>>>>> >              >>> space should
>>>>> >              >>> return the space they aren't using.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> Does Apple Computer really need a /8 ???
>>>>> >              >>> Does HP really need a /8 ??
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> Do both of those entities really need 40 million+ IP
>> >             addresses ??
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> For the specific issue of why Mr. Horwath can't get
>> >             space, I
>>>>> >              >>> don't know.
>>>>> >              >>> He fails to articulate specifics and only talks with a
>> >             broad brush.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> I do know the ARIN staff and they are reasonable people
>> >             doing
>>>>> >              >>> good work
>>>>> >              >>> under the guidelines they have.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> If there is some injustice on Mr. Horwath's allocation
>>>>> >              >>> request, I'm sure
>>>>> >              >>> it can be resolved.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>> >              >>> So to that end I'll offer a few minutes of my time to
>> >             privately work
>>>>> >              >>> with him on his allocation request and see if it passes
>>>>> >              >>> muster and what
>>>>> >              >>> may need to be done to help it float.
>>>>> >              >>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> >              >>>> From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net
>> >             <mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net>
>>>>>> >              >>>> [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of
>> >             Mike Horwath
>>>>>> >              >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:48 PM
>>>>>> >              >>>> To: Nathaniel B. Lyon
>>>>>> >              >>>> Cc: ARIN Discussion List
>>>>>> >              >>>> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4
>> >             accountability.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> Hi.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> This issue and scare of IPv4 going away, running out
of
>>>>>> >              >>>> space, I hear rice cakes are tasty - has been going
on for
>>>>>> >              >>>> way too long.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> I started my first ISP in 1993 and was told then that
I
>>>>>> >              >>>> needed to be stingy with my allocation.  16 years
>> >             later, same
>>>>>> >              >>>> mantra, same boys with their toys who don't want to
>> >             share the pool.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> The issues of accountability go back to the
mid/late-1990s
>>>>>> >              >>>> when it was posed that
>> >             companies/institutions/government be
>>>>>> >              >>>> held to the same standards as joe schmoe consumer of
>>>>>> >              >>>> netblocks.  Search the mailing list archives, I am
>> >             sure you
>>>>>> >              >>>> will find commentary in regular spats.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> This isn't going to change, unfortunately.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> The old boys club is just that: a club of old boys
who
>> >             have
>>>>>> >              >>>> benefits for themselves.  They even have a sign on
their
>>>>>> >              >>>> clubhouse that states 'No Girlz'.  (the rest of us
are the
>>>>>> >              >>>> girlz if that wasn't obvious)
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> BUT: you too can join the club: just rewind time by
>> >             about 20
>>>>>> >              >>>> years, get in on the ground floor 'IP Address Give
Away'
>>>>>> >              >>>> stock offering.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> Or do what others do, buy larger netblock holding
>> >             companies:  PROFIT
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> If I sound a little bitter, I apologize.  The playing
>> >             field
>>>>>> >              >>>> should be level when it comes to this resource.  It
>> >             never has
>>>>>> >              >>>> been.  I don't think it ever will be.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> I said it, you read it, I can't take it back.
>>>>>> >              >>>>
>>>>>> >              >>>> --
>>>>>> >              >>>> Mike Horwath      ipHouse - Welcome home!
>> >                   drechsau at iphouse.net <mailto:drechsau at iphouse.net>
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>> >             whatever it is
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