Jordi, On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 12:40:39AM +0200, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
I'm very interested to heard about what "interesting problems" do you think the lack of a global policy will create.
May be having those problems openly discussed could provide the required propeller in order to ensure a global coordination again.
IP (both versions) address space is a global resource. It would be unfair for people operating in different regions if they would get addresses based on different rulesets, or worse are unable to get addresses in one region while they would be eligible in another. In addition, multinational companies are able to do address shopping in different regions (where it is easiest/cheapest), while local companies have to deal with the local monopoly that has more difficult rules than another region or has temporary service issues. [On a side note: The boundaries of the regions are completely artificial and irrelevant in a network that knows no borders. Why is it that we have to get our resources from areas on the globe that are rather expensive in an age when many companies are starting to move service industry jobs to places where it is more cost effective ?] In addition, a climate has been created where we are doing 'competive liberalization' of our rules, if one region changes the rules, others feel they have to follow, even though very often no research has been done on what actually the need for the policy change was, the consequences for the global routing table and whether other alternative solutions were possible that are cheaper in execution or more fair. And this is only a subset of all the issues, use your imagination and you will come up with your own set. David Kessens ---