Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public

Thu Nov 18 17:47:16 UTC 2021

Jonathan Kalbfeld via NANOG wrote:
> How much runway would a single /8 give us? 
Up to 65280 /24's becoming available through registrars would be quite 
welcome to lots of small organizations or startups.

>  Is it worth the headache to gain a single /8 ?

I support serious consideration be given to determine the extent of the 
headache and to answer that question.

>
> If we’re going to do something that Majorly Breaks the Internet(tm), 
> why not talk about the 240/4 space instead?

I think 240/4 is indeed a very good idea deserving of proper 
consideration. That does not mean that other ideas arent worthy as well.

But at this point 240/4 is practically a no brainer.

>
> <economics>We can’t fight address exhaustion on the supply side.  The 
> only way to fix IPv4 exhaustion is by shifting the demand curve inward 
> and that is through IPV6 and aggressive reclamation of IPv4 
> space.<economics />
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>> On Nov 17, 2021, at 3:29 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com 
>> <mailto:jra at baylink.com>> wrote:
>>
>> This seems like a really bad idea to me; am I really the only one who 
>> noticed?
>>
>> https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-127-00.html
>>
>> That's over a week old and I don't see 3000 comments on it, so maybe 
>> it's just
>> me.  So many things are just me.
>>
>> [ Hat tip to Lauren Weinstein, whom I stole it from ]
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -- jra
>>
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