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Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?
From: "Sean M. Doran" <smd () clock org>
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 04:48:33 -0700
Michael Dillon wrote: | In fact I can't | remember ever ... | hearing of a case in which an ISP lost a significant amount of business | because of renumbering. Renumbering is a fact of life on the Internet. People should be prepared to renumber, and technologies that facilitate easy renumbering should continue to be developed. That said, even if it were possible to renumber gracefully at any time, reducing the frequency and scope of renumbering is not in itself a bad idea. Therefore, I have no problem at all supporting an allocation policy designed to allow growing networks to undergo fewer renumberings, and to allow networks with many levels of administrative authority (as in the case of an ISP with downstream customers, some of which may also have downstream customers) to undergo nearly none. What appears to be the correct approach now has been outlined by Karl and implemented by RIPE. The test for who should get a minimum portable allocation unit (/19 these days) should be the only thing argued about. It should be easy for any ISP to obtain an initial allocation, and somewhat less easy for entities which do not re-allocate address space to others. Sean.
Current thread:
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?, (continued)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Mark D. Nagel (May 15)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Alex P. Rudnev (May 16)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Mark D. Nagel (May 15)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Owen DeLong (May 16)
- RE: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Jamie Scheinblum (May 16)
- RE: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Michael Dillon (May 16)
- RE: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Sean M. Doran (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Sean M. Doran (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Kim Hubbard (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Karl Denninger (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Karl Denninger (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Kim Hubbard (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Sean M. Doran (May 17)
- RE: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Sean M. Doran (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Alex Bligh (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Michael K. Smith (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Michael Dillon (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Blake Willis (May 17)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Michael Shields (May 18)
- renumbering and roaming Paul Mansfield (May 18)
- Re: renumbering and roaming Ben Buxton (May 18)
- Re: renumbering and roaming Paul Mansfield (May 18)
- Re: renumbering and roaming Dean Anderson (May 18)
- Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks? Michael Dillon (May 17)