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

Joel Jaeggli joelja at bogus.com
Tue Jul 21 23:25:55 EDT 2009



Tony Valenti wrote:
> Why should I spend the time trying to set up IPV6 servers when the ISPs
> don't care?

That's orthogonal to the observation that was made.

The observation that XO has no IPV6 plans is factually incorrect. They
offer ipv6 service, it has customers.

joel

> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com
> <mailto: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.
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>     > *From*: John Brown
>     > *Date*: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:43:46 -0600
>     > *To*: Tony Valenti<tony.valenti at powerdnn.com
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>     <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
>     <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
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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
>     <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
>     <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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