ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

Thu Apr 8 18:42:32 UTC 2010

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:29:25AM -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> This is a pretty boring topic. It's been argued many times over.
> 
> I think the more interesting discussion is:  
>   - Where is ARIN and the RIR's headed? 
>   - What will ARIN look like 10 years from now?

	yuppers.  this topic -could- engender those discussions


> Mission creep seems to be pervasive in all organizations. ICANN with a headcount of over 100 and a budget exceeding 60MM fulfills a core function
> that used to be performed by what? 2.5 full-time persons?

	the IANA budget was just north of 750K/yr and btwn 2 and 4.5 persons.
	the ICANN bduget, when new TLDs are approved in the next 18 months - is expected to be somewhat north of 500MM/year


> Is this the fate that awaits ARIN?

	nope - well i hope not.

> After all, IPV6 space is inexhaustible - right. So what if some idiot wants to grab 50 allocations...

	its not.


> If we want to keep the size of the routing tables down, why isn't ARIN charging MORE for end-user assignments. A lot more, like the same or even more 
> than what allocations cost.

	'cause ARIN isn't the routing police - yet.  wait for widespread adoption of  rPKI... :)

--bill