In message <m2sjl644h3.wl%ra...@psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:
> anyone who thinks this will not be used as 1918 space should share
> what they are smoking.  the question is not if, but rather how many
> milliseconds before it is.  that is the operational reality.

And what harm to others does that cause?  If a ISP is using this and
the customer is using this rather than RFC 1918 space then they only
have themselves to blame for operational problems it causes.

> and we should have a betting pool on how long before it is leaked
> into a measure such as route-views.

And users would be advised to filter routes for it the same as they
should be filtering routes for other space they are using.
 
> and all this is aside from the pnp, skype, ... and other breakage.
> and, imiho, we can screw ipv4 life support.

skype etc. will learn.  This does prevent the breakage it just makes
it more controlled.  What's the bet Skype has a patched released
within a week of this being made available?

> this has become a contest of wills, not a technical discussion.
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