> This week the world Internet Architect Board has advised that > unassigned IVP4 addresses are now exhausted ...
There's a slight difference between the above and the IAB's statement that "the *pool* of unassigned IPv4 addresses has been exhausted". That is, all IPv4 addressing at IANA has been assigned out to the regional internet registries (APNIC, etc). Those registries could be holding unassigned IPv4 address blocks, or they may have exhausted supplies too. In any case, a specification from a international standards body can't depend upon a supply being available. Note the addressee of the IAB's letter. It is to other standards bodies. Basically it's saying to them "don't permit any more specifications which *require* IPv4 addressing to operate". If a mandatory requirement upon a IAB networking protcool is needed, then it should be for IPv6. The work of international standards bodies is much longer term than growing the day-to-day use of IPv6. So comments about adoption rates obscure the essence of the IAB's statement. Basically what the IAB is seeking here is for other international standards bodies to have a specification approval gate which says "does not mandate IPv4 for the specification to work successfully". -glen _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
