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Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations
From: Nick Hilliard <nh () ireland eu net>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:20:33 +0000 (GMT)
Perhaps there is better wisdom out there on correct metrics for these values. From my limited viewpoint, the only way to recover the space is a voluntary return, based on the original allocation policies.
There must be some mechanism implemented whereby address space will return to the IANA after a specified period of time unless otherwise requested by the prefix holder. Otherwise what will happen is that this 60% (or some other large percentage when the figures finally settle) of the 192/8 address space will effectively be lost from the internet with no real means of retrieving it. A system like this without any garbage collection mechanism is eventually going to fill up with defunct allocations and the cruft of years past -- something which is not an option when dealing with limited address space.
as a technological means to protect a networks internal stability, is presumptious and rude at best and legally indefensable at worst.
How are the InterNIC coping with the new domain name charging scheme? If this were successful, a similar scheme might be considered for address prefixes. The legal consequences are similar if not quite the same, and one is really no more rude or presumptious than the other. Nick
Current thread:
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Noel Chiappa (Jan 31)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations George Herbert (Feb 01)
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- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Curtis Villamizar (Jan 31)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Jon Zeeff (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Bill Manning (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Jon Zeeff (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Bill Manning (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Jon Zeeff (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Bill Manning (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Nick Hilliard (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Bill Manning (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Nick Hilliard (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Michael Dillon (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Iljitsch van Beijnum (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Curtis Villamizar (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations bmanning (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Curtis Villamizar (Feb 02)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Jon Zeeff (Feb 01)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Edward Henigin (Feb 14)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations mike (Feb 16)
- Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations Geoff Huston (Feb 01)