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Re: IP renumbering timeframe
From: Stephen Griffin <stephen.griffin () rcn com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 10:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
In the referenced message, Ralph Doncaster said:
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Forrest W. Christian wrote:On Mon, 6 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:What is the generally accpted timeframe for renumbering? My reading of ARIN policy would seem to imply at least 30 days.[...]The bottom line is the space is theirs and they can do whatever they want with it.Is that true? I thought the space belongs to ARIN, and they loan it to certain parties. Those parties can use the IPs in accordance with ARIN rules. -Ralph
s/ARIN/IANA/ but yes, registries allocate based upon rules (most ISPs are registries). In theory, IANA could revoke 192.0.0.0/8, forcing the RiR's to revoke the space, forcing the LiR's to revoke the space, and so on until Joe Blow's /29 gets revoked. In practice, this has not to my knowledge ever occured. If we ever do reach a point where exhaustion of IPv4 is imminent, I would expect this to occur. Presently, there is a voluntary request for unused address space, but as long as it is voluntary, I don't expect there being any meaningful return of unused space.
Current thread:
- RE: IP renumbering timeframe, (continued)
- RE: IP renumbering timeframe Scott Granados (May 06)
- RE: IP renumbering timeframe Ralph Doncaster (May 06)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David Schwartz (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David R Huberman (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David Schwartz (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David R Huberman (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David R Huberman (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David Schwartz (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David R Huberman (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe David Schwartz (May 09)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe Stephen Griffin (May 06)
- Re: IP renumbering timeframe Scott Granados (May 06)