[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal 2008-6: Emergency TransferPolicyfor IPv4 Addresses - Last Call

[Matthew Kaufman]

Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
> That is an appealing scenario, but it leads to one very simple 
> question: who is going to give them that money?
>
> One group of folks says people who want the addresses you're using 
> would pay you for them; that's called a market.
>
I'm in that group.

If IPv4 addresses really do become unavailable via other means, there 
will be people who need them bad enough to pay enough money for them 
that holders of existing space can afford to release it and/or be 
persuaded to do so.

> If you're against that idea, the only other logical source of money I 
> can think of is ARIN.  Where will ARIN get that money, though?  From 
> the new registrant(s) of that space, of course.  And that basically 
> devolves into a market as well, with some new downsides added.
>
Would I trust ARIN as the escrow agent when buying a house? Not on my life.

I think that answers how I feel about that option.

Matthew Kaufman