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Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:30:44 -0800
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 5:03 AM Eliot Lear <lear () ofcourseimright com> wrote:
So what's the road to actually being able to use [240/4]?
1. Move it from "reserved" to "unallocated unicast" (IETF action) 2. Wait 10 years 3. Now that nearly all equipment that didn't treat it as yet-to-be-allocated unicast has cycled out of use, argue about what to allocate the addresses to for best effect. Similar plan for 0/8, 255/8 and 127/8-127.0/16: 1. Move from their existing status to "deprecated former use; unallocated unicast." 2. Wait 10 years. 3. Now that most equipment that didn't treat it as yet-to-be-allocated unicast has cycled out of use, argue about what to allocate the addresses to. Bottom line though is that the IETF has to act before anyone else reasonably can. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill () herrin us https://bill.herrin.us/
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- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public William Herrin (Nov 20)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Michael Thomas (Nov 20)
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- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Michael Thomas (Nov 20)
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- RE: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Richard Irving (Nov 21)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Eliot Lear (Nov 21)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public William Herrin (Nov 21)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Greg Skinner via NANOG (Nov 22)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Eliot Lear (Nov 23)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public William Herrin (Nov 23)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public David Conrad (Nov 23)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public William Herrin (Nov 23)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public David Conrad (Nov 24)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public William Herrin (Nov 24)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Denis Fondras (Nov 24)
- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Greg Skinner via NANOG (Nov 29)
- Re: Class E addresses? 240/4 history John Gilmore (Nov 22)
- Re: Class E addresses? 240/4 history Eliot Lear (Nov 22)
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- Re: Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public Matthew Walster (Nov 20)