On Sunday 17 April 2016, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
well, it is some years too late for it to go along with the last /8, policy unless you have a time machine. but it might mean we won't have to deal with the endless proposals to modify the last /8 policy which seem to come up every year, flood the mailing list, and eventually fail. Exactly, the sad part is, this is essentially the last and only thing you can propose a policy regarding v4.
not exactly. one can propose something in the opposite direction; allocations from the last /8 be reduced to /24. it may make ipv4 last longer for the new entrants. and a /24 should be sufficient for a large nat.
i.e. i was serious the other day.
Well, if you do, make sure take the companion policy with you this time:) otherwise we might go though the discussion we had this time(distribute it faster) every year for a very long time:) P.s.i have no objection to future extend the last /8, but simple economics suggest it might not work as new member would be effectively be charged at 5 euro/IP/year if they only get /24, and changing member charging scheme are very difficult and unlikely to happen. But, it does provide an hassal free way for small companies get their own IP address for a long time to come as transfer market are still not that transparent and easy to deal with.
randy
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