who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]

Sat Nov 20 17:42:27 UTC 2004

Thus spake "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch at muada.com>
>> Why set up a separate registry system for these addresses instead of 
>> making minor changes to the existing one to accommodate this need?
>
> This is a good point. But rather than reuse the RIRs for this, we should 
> reuse the domain registry system for this. Domain sellers already know how 
> to deal with millions of customers (collectively) and make a business 
> based on very small yearly fees, they already deal with the majority of 
> the prospective users of this address space and there is healthy 
> competition.

This makes perfect sense.  After all, RIRs are just renting domains out of 
in-addr.arpa. and ip6.arpa. whereas domain registrars are renting domains 
out of other TLDs.

Any competent accountant can turn $15/yr domain rent into an up-front 
purchase fee to cover registration in perpetuity.

S

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