I don't think I've heard such a nonsense suggestion for a long time. Address space transfers are one thing. But vanity ip addressing? Come on.
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:00 AM, David Huberman < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Policy SIG, > > > > I have an idea for 1.2.3.0/24 I would like to share with you before > submitting a policy proposal. > > > > Prop-109 properly directed APNIC to use 1.0.0.0/24 and 1.1.1.0/24 for > research purposes. That leaves one more significant prefix to deal with: > 1.2.3.0/24. It is significant because it contains the IP address 1.2.3.4. > > > > 1.2.3.4 is a desirable IP address. It can be used in all sorts of very > interesting applications. It also receives an enormous amount of “junk” > traffic every day, so it requires a fairly hefty infrastructure just to > start routing it. > > > My idea is that APNIC should make this prefix available to all parties who > want it. To decide who gets it, I propose an AUCTION where all proceeds go > to a charitable endeavor (perhaps a future APNIC Foundation). As the > potential author of such a proposal, and as the IP address manager at > Microsoft Corporation, I will guarantee that neither I nor my company will > participate in any way in such an auction. This proposal is not to benefit > me or my company. It is to give the prefix out to a network operator who > wants it, in return for money given to charity. > > > > This is a new idea, and is not fully thought out. So I wanted to post it, > get some reactions, and improve the idea. (Or abandon it if people do not > like it.) > > > > Thank you. > > > > David > > > > *David R Huberman* > Principal, Global IP Addressing > > Microsoft Corporation > > > > * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy > * > _______________________________________________ > sig-policy mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy > > -- LL - Si vis pacem para bellum
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