In message <fb949bea-5bdb-401a-8a75-e9a9bdaa7...@ripe.net>, Daniel Karrenberg w rites: > > On 02.08.2012, at 22:41, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > > ... That depends on whether the registry in question is dealing with a > > scarce resource or a plentiful one. Having two registries handing out > > IPv4 addresses at this point would be very very bad. Having more than > > one place you can get an IPv6 from would not worry me at all. ... > > IPv4 addresses used to be regarded as non-scarce not so long ago.
I don't know what planet you have been living on but it was clear IPv4 addresses were a scarce resource 2+ decades ago longer than some IETF attendees have been alive. IPv6 was started because they were a scarce resource that would run out in the foreseeable future. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
