Re: 214/8 and 215/8

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

> | These were delegated on the return of nets 49 and 50, along w/ about a 
> | /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space. e.g. an overall reduction in the
> | amount of space.  Jon Postel, as the IANA, approved the transfers.
> | At that time, ARIN did not have control over legacy delegations.
>
> So I seem to be missing something that keeps me from understanding this -- 
> why didn't they just turn off the /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space and
> keep the two pre-existing historical class-As, which would have more
> fully followed the BCPs?
>
>       Sean.

        legecy hardware/software.  Fully classless kit was just becoming
        common at the time. (cisco did not support it across the product line)
        
--bill