[ppml] Question

[Eric B. Decker]

>>>>> "jm" == McBurnett, Jim <jmcburnett at msmgmt.com> writes:

    jm> Harsha,

    jm> Unless I am wrong, I am willing to bet that ARIN
    jm> has more swamp space than RIPE and APNIC combined,
    jm> and don't forget the recent divesture of LACNIC..
    jm> Anyway... 

I beleive that is correct.  I beleive that the Legacy space
allocations (pre-RIPE) show up in ARIN land.

-c
aso ac - ARIN

    jm> This does sound awefully curious...

    jm> J


    >> Hi,
    >> Do you mean that if an RIR uses up 80% of a /8, it gets a new /8 from
    >> IANA?
    >> 
    >> However, I found that 6 out of ARIN's 17 /8s were below 80% 
    >> utilization.
    >> 
    >> The numbers for RIPE and APNIC are 3 out of 9 and 2 out of 9 
    >> respectively.
    >> 
    >> Why is there a difference?
    >> 
    >> Thank you very much for your reply.
    >> 
    >> Harsha.
    >> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, John M. Brown wrote:
    >> 
    >>> RFC 2050
    >>> 
    >>> but I think the 80 percent rule should NOT be applied
    >>> to RIR's.  That would be a /8 for every 10 the get...
    >>> 
    >>> It would also be handy if ICANN actually did an audit of
    >>> the RIR's and their space allocations someday :)
    >>> 
    >>> basicly, when the RIR thinks its going to run out, they
    >>> ask IANA for another
    >>> 
    >>> > -----Original Message-----
    >>> > From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net] On
    >>> > Behalf Of Harsha Narayan
    >>> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 5:52 PM
    >>> > To: ppml at arin.net
    >>> > Subject: [ppml] Question
    >>> >
    >>> >
    >>> > Hello,
    >>> >   Could you please answer the following question?
    >>> >
    >>> >   Under what circumstances or conditions does ARIN or any
    >>> > other RIR get a new /8 fron IANA/ICANN?
    >>> >
    >>> > Harsha.
    >>> >
    >>> 
    >> 
    >>