-----Original Message----- From: address-policy-wg-admin@ripe.net [mailto:address-policy-wg- admin@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:00 PM To: michael.dillon@bt.com Cc: address-policy-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] RE: Private address space in IPv4 and IPv6 [was something irrelevantly titled]
Hi,
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:03:16AM +0100, michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
A very large number of organizations depend on these internetworks, and they would not be terribly happy if ISPs would hijack the entire IP address space for their own profits. But I think that the RIR boards understand this and have no intention of changing the rules to reserve IP addresses only for the public Internet.
Let me second that.
This has always been my understanding on the principles that govern the RIRs' operation - "provide unique numbers to the people that need unique numbers". Be it IPv4, IPv6 or ASes. No, because it has (providing the "numbers") the scope - the Internet, If I want to create my own network, not connected to the scope, I don't need to use any of rules of disconnected network. I'm surprised that you are not understanding and differentiating that. Maybe, following your thoughts, I could get the IP number for my pet? Just to be more "connected" to the network?
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