Re: IPv4 address block

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> > If you limit each requesting organization to a /22 per year, we can
> > keep the internet mostly functional for decades to come,
>
> at least in the ripe ncc service region, all this proved was that if
> the cost of registering a company (or LIR) and applying for an
> allocation was lower than the market rate of ipv4 addresses, then
> people would do that.
>
> The root problem is unavoidable: ipv4 is a scarce resource with an
> inherent demand. Every policy designed to mitigate against this will
> create workarounds, and the more valuable the resource, the more
> inventive the workaround.

and complex policies lead to more complex workarounds which make the
internet crappier

> In terms of hard landings vs soft landings, what will make ipv6
> succeed is how compelling ipv6 is, rather than whether someone created
> a policy to make ipv4 less palatable. In particular, any effect from a
> hard landing compared would have been ephemeral.

amen

randy