In message <F04ED1585899D842B482E7ADCA581B8472A70D58@newserver.arneill-py.local Michel Py <[email protected]> wrote:
>Let's not forget the core reason we are in this squatting mess : >Because the attempts to transform what was Class E (240.0.0.0/4) into >private address space have been torpedoed. >We have a block of 268 million IP addresses that would have been perfect >for that, and that sits unused right now. >There were torpedoed because it was perceived as an attempt to slow down >IPv6 deployment. >Result : IPv4 is still there, and now we have a mess. Had Class E become an >extension of RFC1918, we would not have it because large folk who needed a >bigger private space than 10/8 would have been quite happy with 240/4 (16 >consecutive Class A). Another failed policy that produced the opposite >effect of the intent. I really have no knowledge of any of this, and your contentions are rather entirely perplexing. If people want to use 240.0.0.0/4 -internally- as private RFC1918 address space, who's preventing them from doing so? As long as there are no route leaks for any of this to the outside world, I don't see the issue/problem. >The ARIN region is very behind compared to RIPE or LACNIC. >https://rpki-monitor.antd.nist.gov/ >There have been extensive discussions recently about why. Parse the >archives. >We still are below 5%. I am one of the early adopters (I got my space >validated when we were below 2%). > >You want to know why ? Nobody really cares... OK, so how could be get people to care? Maybe we need to have a raffle. Everybody who has delopyed RPKI gets a ticket. The winner gets an all-expense-paid trip to beautiful Chantilly, Virginia, or... a cupie doll. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-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: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
