Re: IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:57 AM, John Curran wrote:

> On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
>
> > Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> writes:
> > > ...
> > > I agree it would be nice if they would voluntarily return whatever
> > > is appropriate to the community, but,
> >
> > You mean like they already did with 49/8, 50/8 (both formerly Joint
> > Technical Command), 10/8 (formerly ARPAnet), and 7/8 (DNIC)?
> >
> > As the biggest returner of IPv4 space by a fair margin,
> > notwithstanding their current holdings I think the DoD is quite
> > justified in saying "I gave at the office" and hanging up.
As they are also the biggest consumer of IPv4 space by a fair margin,
that statement rings a bit hollow.

> Actually, as I have noted before, the US DoD has contractually 
> agreed to return to ARIN unneeded IPv4 address space if/when
> such becomes available, so that it may be used by the Internet
> community.
This statement, on the other hand, is a good thing.

Owen