[arin-ppml] APNIC out of v4

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Charles O'Hern <charles at office.tcsn.net> wrote:
>
>> just saw this:
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/it-8217s-official-asia-8217s-just-run-out-of-ipv4-addresses/948
>
> Note also that as APNIC enters this stage of available IPv4 resources, their policies for allocation transition into a specific set of austerity measures designed to prolong availability of small IPv4 blocks for requesters for as long as possible.
>
> At present, the ARIN region has no similar policy (and may or may not have any need or community support for such a policy...)
>
> I will point out, however, that if such a policy is desired, it would be best to consider the matter sooner rather than later, so as to make certain the ARIN's final stage of new allocations matches community expectations.
>
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
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At the risk of coming out of left field again, it really would be nice
to see a proposal that would limit the amount of IPv4 space that can
be requested and require the requestor to show technical need (eg.
demonstrate why IPv6 would not work).

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