Re: Four additional /8s allocated in November 2010

[Warren Bailey <wbailey () gci com>]

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Actually pretty useful for those who can't (won't) purchase gear to do it.
I use it..


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On 11/30/10 5:59 PM, "James Hess" <mysidia () gmail com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:41 PM, bill manning <bmanning () isi edu> wrote:
> > 96 days left Martin?  Don't think we'll make it past January?
> > --bill
>
> I doubt whether or not there are more than 60 days left for the IANA pool.
> The number of addresses that remain for normal allocation happens to
> be identical
> to the approximate allocation size of a RIR request.  Surely APNIC
> will request 2 more /8s
> before  March, 2011,  particularly if IP address demands continue to
> be heightened,  APNIC's
> remaining pool can drop below their threshold in December.
>
> If they get 2 /8s, then , only 5 remain,  the final set of /8s where
> one is reserved for each RIR.
>
>
> I wonder if  the makers that VPN software program making unofficial
> use of  5.0.0.0/8
> will go fix their software now.
>
> "5/8 might never be allocated, because they are reserved,  and  'we
> can always go pick another reserved /8'"  are no longer excuses
> by any stretch of the imagination.
>
> --
> -JH