1/ HMG should renumber their networks by going to v6. By far simplest and I expect lowest cost solution if you take this in the round.
2/ v4 legacy apps and services / networks can be tunnelled and gatewayed. 3/ The HMG IP net management are examples of true "dark nets". Does that make "dark nets" evil? I don't think so. Time for a little less molestation of the term dark net. 4/ HMG may find they do not own clear title to sell these blocks although receiving a release fee may be appropriate to help manage an HMG transition to v6 and to make the released blocks available for RIPE region and possibly elsewhere as intra RIR transfer policies develop. Christian Lee Maguire wrote: >> Looks like some one come up with a good idea for raising money for >> government. Amazed that its taken this long for gds to get round to looking >> at selling them. >> >> https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/19/freeing-up-unused-ip-addresses/ > > My assumption is that these includes the DWP range that’s actually in use on > the PSN but not routed on the internet, and therefore they’d need to commit > to changing the PSN before looking into releasing these. > > Julian Huppert asked a question about this in 2012. > http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2012-10-15d.121947.h > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/digital-policy/ukgov-not-squatting-on-1bn-unused-ipv4-addresses-3571188/ > > https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/01/16/making-the-psn-better/ -- Christian de Larrinaga FBCS, CITP, MCMA ------------------------- @ FirstHand ------------------------- +44 7989 386778 c...@firsthand.net ------------------------- -- Please support ORG's work - join and help fund our future: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join To unsubscribe, send a blank email to org-discuss-le...@lists.openrightsgroup.org or use https://lists.openrightsgroup.org/listinfo/org-discuss
