Re: "It's the end of the world as we know it" -- REM

[Michael Hallgren <m.hallgren () free fr>]

Le 24/04/2013 21:35, Lee Howard a écrit :
> On 4/24/13 2:45 PM, "ML" <ml () kenweb org> wrote:
>
> > On 4/23/2013 5:41 PM, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> > > I didn't see any mention of this Tony Hain paper:
> > >
> > > http://tndh.net/~tony/ietf/ARIN-runout-projection.pdf
> > >
> > > tl;dr: ARIN predicted to run out of IP space to allocate in August this
> > > year.
> > >
> > > Are you ready?
> >
> > Where do the startup ISPs whom didn't qualify for PI IPv4 in the past
> > fit into a post-run out world where they would qualify?
> > I am speaking in generics but also about a real ISP that is in this
> > situation today. 
> >
> > In my example This ISP could show need for a /22 but wasn't multihoming
> > at the time and likely will not until after run-out.
> > How does such an ISP begin to address their backbone and customers
> > facing interfaces without tying themselves to an ISP and their PA space?
> >
> > I don't imagine they will be open to paying extortion prices for IPs
> > that other people never bothered to use.
>
> Once ARIN is unable to meet an organization's justified need, they can't
> get addresses from ARIN.  They can beg, borrow or buy addresses from
> someone else.  They can try AfriNIC's or LACNIC's policies.  They can do
> CGN.  They can do IPv6.

Might be that IPv6would be their currently best bet... ;)
mh

> Lee