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Perhaps the only reason we're running out of IPv4 addresses is because you can still get large blocks of IPs for questionable reasons like "IRC vhosts" and "pro
by chrisbolt 16y ago
Perhaps the only reason we're running out of IPv4 addresses is because you can still get large blocks of IPs for questionable reasons like "IRC vhosts" and "proxies"...
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.arin.ppml/8304 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.arin.ppml/8304
Plus, both internet connections at my workplace gave us 6 IPs without us even asking for them.
- dedward 16y agoPlus, you can't get smaller blocks allocated even w hen you need them.... I have a legitimate need for an independent /24 that I can BGP route around to a few datacenters. ARIN says I can only apply for a /22 at the smallest. People are forced to apply for more address space than they really need in order to get any at all. As for hte reasons "WHY" - it was never supposed to be a judgement as to relative value - only that they were actually needed and going to be used. IP addresses were never meant to have value in the first place.
- chrisbolt 16y agoFortunately that's very close to changing. The ARIN Advisory Council recommended adoption a month ago and now it is just awaiting board review. https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2010_2.html https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2010_2.html