IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Thu Feb 17 19:05:54 UTC 2011
On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:57 AM, John Curran wrote:
> On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
>
>> Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> writes:
>>> ...
>>> I agree it would be nice if they would voluntarily return whatever
>>> is appropriate to the community, but,
>>
>> You mean like they already did with 49/8, 50/8 (both formerly Joint
>> Technical Command), 10/8 (formerly ARPAnet), and 7/8 (DNIC)?
>>
>> As the biggest returner of IPv4 space by a fair margin,
>> notwithstanding their current holdings I think the DoD is quite
>> justified in saying "I gave at the office" and hanging up.
>
As they are also the biggest consumer of IPv4 space by a fair margin,
that statement rings a bit hollow.
> Actually, as I have noted before, the US DoD has contractually
> agreed to return to ARIN unneeded IPv4 address space if/when
> such becomes available, so that it may be used by the Internet
> community.
>
This statement, on the other hand, is a good thing.
Owen
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