On 2/9/11 1:42 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote: >> Most IPv4 space is unused anyway, but it's not being reclaimed much >> despite that. (How many IP addresses does the US federal government >> need? Few people would think ~ 10 /8s. Especially since many of >> them aren't even lit up.) > > What do you mean, lit up? You mean they're not in the routing tables > that you get from your carriers? I'd argue that's no indication of > whether they're in use or not.
Especially given that they're know to be in use. e.g. it's not a secret, they just don't appear in your internet. > >