IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

Joel Jaeggli joelja at bogus.com
Wed Feb 9 22:08:49 UTC 2011


On 2/9/11 1:42 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
>> Most IPv4 space is unused anyway, but it's not being reclaimed much
>> despite that. (How many IP addresses does the US federal government
>> need? Few people would think ~ 10 /8s. Especially since many of
>> them aren't even lit up.)
> 
> What do you mean, lit up?  You mean they're not in the routing tables
> that you get from your carriers?  I'd argue that's no indication of
> whether they're in use or not.

Especially given that they're know to be in use. e.g. it's not a secret,
they just don't appear in your internet.

> 
> 





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