On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 03:24:18PM +0100, Jim Reid wrote:
On 29 Mar 2010, at 14:48, Shane Kerr wrote:
To be clear, we're not talking about anyone getting more or less address space, or allocating in a way that makes aggregation more difficult. I thought those were the two basic goals of IP allocation policy, right?
I'm not sure Shane that an allocation of vanity addresses would fit with these goals. If it does, then fine. Though I'm doubtful. If there were "too many" vanity assignments, that may well fragment the unused space in a way that prevents another LIR getting a contiguous allocation that's big enough for their genuine technical needs. It might also encourage a land-grab by people gobbling up vanity space that they don't actually need in the hope that they could sell it on later.
to be clear, a "vanity" address is in the eye of the beholder. --bill