Re: The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire /8

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.1209182339200.5518 () sasami anime net>, goemon () anime ne
t writes:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > On Sep 18, 2012, at 21:11 , Mike Hale <eyeronic.design () gmail com> wrote:
> > > "this is the arin vigilante cultural view of the world.  luckily, the
> > > disease does not propagate sufficiently to cross oceans."
> > >
> > > I'd love to hear the reasoning for this.  Why would it be bad policy
> > > to force companies to use the resources they are assigned or give them
> > > back to the general pool?
> > Many of them _ARE_ using them, just not using them directly on the public
> > internet. There is nothing wrong with that.
> >
> > As others have said... !announced != !used.
>
> Is they are not using them directly on the public internet, then there's 
> no reason we can't use them.
>
> Problem solved!
>
> -Dan

        !announced whole world != !announced.

        There is a simple rule.

        DO NOT USE ADDRESSES THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED.

        Anything else has the potential to cause operational problems.

        Mark
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