[ppml] Policy Proposal: Decreasing Exponential Rationing ofIPv4 IP Addresses

michael.dillon at bt.com michael.dillon at bt.com
Wed Aug 22 03:22:47 EDT 2007


> ARIN will ration the remaining available IP Address Space according to

> a decreasing exponential function in the family of e^(-x), where the 
> ultimate function and factors are chosen to ensure that the remaining 
> IP address space lasts for at least 10 years.

I oppose this policy because it is meaningless gibberish, i.e. written
in mathematical language. If a policy cannot be written in plain
English, then we don't need it. ARIN is not the American Mathematical
Society.

--Michael Dillon



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