Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations

[bmanning () ISI EDU (Bill Manning)]

> >     for these values.  From my limited viewpoint, the only way
> >     to recover the space is a voluntary return, based on the
> >     original allocation policies.
>
> There must be some mechanism implemented whereby address space will return
> to the IANA after a specified period of time unless otherwise requested by
> the prefix holder. 

        There were a couple of methods suggested here:

                preemptive hijacking - 
                voluntary return -
                periodic fees -

        Hijacking has a number of interesting problems
        Periodic fees will take a year or more to implement
        Voluntary return can be done -now-.

        Which method is the least stressfull and has reasonable impact
        on the existing routing table crunch?

> >     as a technological means to protect a networks internal 
> >     stability, is presumptious and rude at best and legally 
> >     indefensable at worst.
>
> How are the InterNIC coping with the new domain name charging scheme?  If
> this were successful, a similar scheme might be considered for address
> prefixes.  The legal consequences are similar if not quite the same, and
> one is really no more rude or presumptious than the other.

        Not quite the same beast.  Domain lables are -not- a finite resource.
        There are a wide range of viable alternatives to paying the InterNIC
        fees.
> Nick


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--bill