[ppml] getting converts to V6

Bill Darte BillD at cait.wustl.edu
Wed May 16 13:28:10 EDT 2007


Oh, and by the way...
You seem to feel strongly about such an ARIN policy, perhaps you should
propose it.  I or any other AC member would be happy to help you craft
the proposal and ensure that it wide distribution for possible
consensus.

bd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wherrin at gmail.com [mailto:wherrin at gmail.com] On Behalf 
> Of William Herrin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:08 PM
> To: Bill Darte
> Cc: PPML at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] getting converts to V6
> 
> 
> On 5/16/07, Bill Darte <BillD at cait.wustl.edu> wrote:
> > Yup...you've had a free ride and are still getting a free ride 
> > administratively from ARIN and to think that privelege 
> should entitle 
> > you to more free privelege seems removed from reality.
> 
> Bill,
> 
> That's what the objections to automatically assigning v6 
> space to all current v4 holders boil down to. The legacy v4 
> holders didn't pay their fair share of the ARIN boards' plane 
> tickets to Puerto Rico. During the transition to IPv6 you 
> want to correct this "mistake."
> 
> IPv4 space is running out and IPv6 is not on track to wide 
> deployment prior to that crunch. Is it good judgement to 
> pursue a trifling inequity in the face of a looming crisis?
> 
> If being unfair helps get IPv6 deployed to ubiquity, DO IT.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
> 
> 
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