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

Tony Valenti tony.valenti at powerdnn.com
Tue Jul 21 23:18:35 EDT 2009


Why should I spend the time trying to set up IPV6 servers when the ISPs
don't care?

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:

> You need to find a new sales rep.
>
> as2828 will sell you v6 transit. they have v6 customers, prefixs in the
> routing table, etc.
>
> joel
>
> Kelvin Williams wrote:
> > I have several uplinks to XO. And they have stated they have no IPv6
> > plans to us.
> >
> > 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 20:43:46 -0600
> > *To*: Tony Valenti<tony.valenti at powerdnn.com>
> > *Subject*: Re: [arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4 accountability.
> >
> > Who is that “upstream”???
> >
> > Change providers ??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/21/09 8:42 PM, "Tony Valenti" <tony.valenti at powerdnn.com> wrote:
> >
> >     I'm in the same boat as one of the earlier readers mentioned.
> >     I think a big mistake that ARIN is making is that ARIN incorrectly
> >     assumes that we have something to do with making IPV6 a reality and
> >     managing IPV4 address space.
> >
> >     Just recently I called one of our upstream providers (again) and
> >     asked them when we would be able to use IPV6 addresses.  After being
> >     escalated all the way to to their Level 4 engineers, i was told that
> >     they have no plans to implement IPV6 which means that if I put any
> >     content on an IPV6 address, I can expect at a minimum, 25% of the US
> >     won't have access to it.
> >
> >     So, assuming that the upstream providers like ours just simply don't
> >     care, and in a few years there is a black market for IPV4 address
> >     space because the internet is officially out, what will you do?  As
> >     a webhosting company, we have no choice but to pay whatever the
> >     black market price for IPs is or go out of business/quit accepting
> >     customers.
> >
> >     If I sound unhappy, it is because I am.  ARIN continually emphasizes
> >     the problem of depleting IPV4 but never offers or enforces anything
> >     to fix the problem - they just make the current process harder.
> >      ARIN is a doomsday prophet powerless to change the fate that we all
> >     will endure.
> >
> >
> >     On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:26 PM, John Brown <john at citylinkfiber.com>
> >     wrote:
> >
> >         I’ll 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> 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
> >
> >             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>
> >             >
> >             > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:58:01
> >             > To: John Brown<john at citylinkfiber.com>
> >             > Cc: ARIN Discussion List<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
> >             >>> 3795 S Development Ave, Suite 100
> >             >>> Boise, ID 83705
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> >             >>>
> >             >>>
> >             >>>
> >             >>>
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> >             >>>
> >             >>> -----Original Message-----
> >             >>> From: 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] 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
> >             >>>>         The universe is an island, surrounded by
> >             whatever it is
> >             >>>>         that surrounds universes. - Berkely Fortune
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