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

Sat Nov 20 19:47:38 UTC 2021


> On 20-Nov-2021, at 02:21, gnu at toad.com wrote:
> 
> 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).
What exactly APNIC has done (just for curiosity) ?