[ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing

[Stephen Sprunk]

Thus spake "Andy Davidson" <andy at nosignal.org>
> On 14 May 2007, at 21:50, bmanning at karoshi.com wrote:
>> neither ARIN, nor other RIR, nor IANA can create new IPv4
>> numbers.  and conversly, they can not destroy them.  ARIN
>> can ensure that it tracks the density of use of the pool...
>> some might think that  such a task is clearly in its charter.
>
> Go easy on me, I can't find my tin hat ... but does this mean it's
> time to drag up a new thread about reclaiming 'legacy' /8s (IANA
> reserved ones, military, squeezing down 44/8 into something a bit
> smaller, etc.,etc.)

There is a proposal under discussion in this very forum about reclamation. 
However, that proposal does not affect legacy space, and counsel is still 
trying to sort out what, if any, power ARIN has over legacy holders who 
haven't signed an RSA.

IANA could release some historically reserved space such as 0/8 and 1/8 to 
the RIRs, and there's a side discussion about opening up 240/4, however IANA 
expects the IETF to publish an RFC on such things first, there's usually 
good reasons for blocks staying reserved, and they'd only extend the life of 
v4 a few months.  It's like trying to keep the Titanic from sinking by 
bailing water with a thimble.

S

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