Redeploying most of 127/8, 0/8, 240/4 and *.0 as unicast

Fri Nov 19 01:46:07 UTC 2021

John,

On Nov 18, 2021, at 11:37 AM, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote:
> At current rates, 300 to 400 million addresses would last more than a decade!

Doesn’t this presume the redeployed addresses would be allocated via a market rather than via the RIRs?

If so, who would receive the money?

> There will be no future free-for-all that burns through 300 million IPv4 addresses in 4 months.

I suspect you underestimate the global demand and may not fully understand the rationale for address acquisition.

Regards,
-drc

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