On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 19:07, Michel Py <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Nick Hilliard wrote : > >>> The cost of making 240/4 usable is to update every device on the > >>> planet, including legacy ipv4 stacks. > > >> Michel Py wrote : > >> No it is not. It costs nothing to the Internet, it only costs to > >> those who chose to use it as private address space. More FUD. > > > Gert Doering wrote : > > It's not "private address space" unless designated as such. > > Wrong again. It's not public unless given to RIRs to allocate it. > FUD++ I think what Gert means is that this space has not been designated by IETF/IANA for *any* purpose yet. One way of looking at it is to acknowledge it is neither private nor public space at this moment in time. See the various columns here https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml Regards, Job
