> OTOH, if they're looking at opening up 127/8, why not also open up 0/8 (other than 0/24) and the class E 240/4 (other than 255.255.255.0/24)? There's some use

> OTOH, if they're looking at opening up 127/8, why not also open up 0/8 (other than 0/24) and the class E 240/4 (other than 255.255.255.0/24)? There's some use of class E addresses, but I don't think it's that much more of a disruption than 127/8. That's exactly what we're proposing! This draft is just one of four drafts. The other three are https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-240/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicas... https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-0/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicas... https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-lowest-address/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicas...