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

Fri Nov 19 20:51:32 UTC 2021

David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org> wrote:
> 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?

You ask great questions.

The community can and should do the engineering to extend the IP
implementations.  If that doesn't happen, the rest of the issues are
moot.  There would be no addresses to allocate and no money to receive.

It would take multiple years post-RFC and post-implementation before
anyone could even contemplate doing allocation, of any sort.  So while
it's an entertaining sideline to think about later, at this point it is
a distraction.

	John

PS:  It's conceivable that RIRs could allocate via a market.
One has already done so (APNIC).