Rogers Canada using 7.0.0.0/8 for internal address space

Tue May 24 03:34:11 UTC 2011

> 
> This is the business reality of the IPv4-scarce era.  Diluted IPv4 is
> not new to many places and will become common in many more places.
> Furthermore, it is a calculated business risk.  IPv4 services
> will/have become the 2nd class (NAT444...)  services as IPv6 ascends
> to first class status with e2e restored and more and more services
> supporting IPv6 (World IPv6 day in a little over 2 week!...).
> 

Diluted IPv4 is one thing. Hijacking space allocated to another entity
is another. As long as they keep it contained within their network,
it's pretty much up to them to break their own environment however
they see fit, but, if they start leaking 7.0.0.0/8 or subset announcements
on to the internet in general, I wouldn't want to be them or one of the
companies that was accepting their routes.

> Don't get me wrong, IPv6 has a long way to go in terms of
> availability, peering, and application support.  But make no mistake,
> the tide is turning.  Rogers is doing what they have to do proactively
> to stay ahead of the curve of complete exhaustion.
> 
I don't think they have to hijack space from DoD. I think there are a
number of other options available to them. They might cost more, but,
they also come with somewhat lower risks.

Owen