[arin-ppml] TPRC Paper on IP Addresses and Transfer Markets: "Running on Empty: the Challenge of Managing Internet Addresses"

[Milton L Mueller]

Yes, it's especially gratifying to see a paper with Tom Vest's name on
it conclude that "An approved, well-functioning market is preferable to
the alternatives." ;-)  

--MM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net]
On
> Behalf Of Scott Leibrand
> 
> I just finished reading this paper, and must say it's very well
written,
> does an excellent job of summarizing the issues, and presents some
> excellent analysis.  I would recommend it to anyone subscribed to this
> list, and many others outside our community.
> 
> Thanks very much for the contribution.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> Eliot Lear wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We would like to bring to your attention a paper that Bill Lehr, Tom
> > Vest, and I wrote for the upcoming TPRC conference, at the end of
this
> > month, the title of which is "Running on Empty: The Challenge of
> > managing Internet addresses".  The paper looks at transfer markets
and
> > specific proposals from the RIRs and provides pluses and minuses to
the
> > theoretical space, as well as some commentary on specific proposals.
> > The authors concur that the results of the proposed market
initiatives
> > will likely depend on variety of identifiable parameters (e.g.,
specific
> > transfer policy mechanisms, possible IPv4 reservation policies,
secure
> > inter-domain routing initiatives, etc.), but do not agree on the
> > appropriate weighting of risks.
> >
> > In talking about specific RIR proposals we note extreme differences
in
> > what we presume to be the assumptions of the authors about ability
to
> > enforce regulations and the priorities that an RIR should have.  We
also
> > look at the impact of transfer markets on IPv6 adoption, and to a
lesser
> > extent, on the interdependency between addressing and routing.
> >
> > We hope this paper is useful to continuing a dialog that leads to
> > appropriate evolution of RIR policies.  You can find it here
> >
>
<http://tprcweb.com/files/Lehr%20Vest%20Lear%20Internet%20Address%20TPRC
%2
> 08_15_08.pdf>
> > or by going to www.tprc.org and looking at the detailed agenda for
> > Saturday, along with several other interesting and related papers.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Bill Lehr
> > Tom Vest
> > Eliot Lear
> >
> >
> >
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