[ppml] IPv4 "Up For Grabs" proposal

[Owen DeLong]

I think it is a phenomenally bad idea.  First, once there's a 20%  
adoption
rate on IPv6, there's enough momentum to make most of the other issues
around IPv4 a "short-term problem".  Given the amount of time we have
lived with the status quo, I don't see any advantage to taking action to
change it at that point.

Item 3 is especially bad because you've basically encouraged vigilante
routing as a denial of service attack against legacy holders who choose
to boycott the RSA.  Encouraging others to such an action (which would
in most of North America be considered a violation of law) would subject
ARIN not only to very likely civil liability, but, could even subject  
the
corporation to criminal prosecution under some circumstances.  IANAL,
but, I'm betting Steve Ryan would shoot this policy dead in a heart
beat on the legal ramifications alone.

Owen

On Jul 3, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

>
> 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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