On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 04:35:41PM +0000, Steven Ryerse wrote: > > If it is not OK to deny the Minimum domain (available) name to an Org, then > it isn’t OK to deny an Org the Minimum IP allocation. They are both > Internet resources. >
The analogy seems faulty to me. The number space is finite (and in the case of v4, not very large). The name space in any given registry is admittedly not infinite, since (1) it's limited to labels 63 octets long from the LDH repertoire and (2) useful mnemonics are generally shorter than 63 octets and usually a wordlike thing in some natural language. There are, however, lots of registries (more all the time! Thanks, ICANN!); and last I checked neither info nor biz was anything close to the size (or utility) of com, even though they've both been around since 2001 and have rather similar registration rules. So, there is an argument in favour of tight rules for allocation of v4 numbers that is not available in the name case. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan [email protected] _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
