IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit
Eliot Lear
lear at cisco.com
Tue Feb 19 07:23:53 UTC 2008
Steve,
> Yah. A market exists today, though it's perforce sub rosa.
>
> An interesting operational question is how to prevent deaggregation as
> a result of a market. If, say, a company isn't using half of its
> address space, could it sell that half, to several other parties? Can
> that be prevented by market means?
>
This is a strong argument for regulation of the market. A regulated
market could provide liquidity needed by those who would otherwise find
<unregulated> means to accomplish their ends (such as making private
deals that are perhaps undetectable). It provides an incentive for
people to do the right thing, assuming the cost of doing so is not
prohibitive (a big assumption if ever there was one).
Eliot
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