[ppml] IPv4 "Up For Grabs" proposal

Ted Mittelstaedt tedm at ipinc.net
Tue Jul 3 17:37:52 EDT 2007


Hi All,

  What do you all think of the following proposal idea:

1) When all unallocated IPv4 has been exhausted, the RIR's shall review IP
utilization yearly and shall determine when
more than 20% of IPv4 holders are dual-stacked and advertising IPv6

2) When the 20% point has been passed, all RIR's shall remove all
whois and reverse IP records for IPv4 blocks that are assigned to
organizations which have NOT signed an RSA with an RIR for that space

Legacy holders can sign an RSA at any point beyond this time and
gain whois and reverse assignment records back with an RIR

3) IPv4 space not recorded in an RIR shall be considered "Up for Grabs"
No RIR shall assign it, and no RIR shall retain recording assignments of it
except that which a legacy holder decides to bring under RSA.

4) "Up for Grabs" IP space will be usable by any organization needing
IPv4 numbering.  None of the RIR's will provide any sort of mediation
between competing organizations wanting to use the same IPv4 space,
except for that provided for in #2


Ted Mittelstaedt 



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