On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:29:25AM -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> This is a pretty boring topic. It's been argued many times over.
>
> I think the more interesting discussion is:
> - Where is ARIN and the RIR's headed?
> - What will ARIN look like 10 years from now?
yuppers. this topic -could- engender those discussions
> Mission creep seems to be pervasive in all organizations. ICANN with a
> headcount of over 100 and a budget exceeding 60MM fulfills a core function
> that used to be performed by what? 2.5 full-time persons?
the IANA budget was just north of 750K/yr and btwn 2 and 4.5 persons.
the ICANN bduget, when new TLDs are approved in the next 18 months - is
expected to be somewhat north of 500MM/year
> Is this the fate that awaits ARIN?
nope - well i hope not.
> After all, IPV6 space is inexhaustible - right. So what if some idiot wants
> to grab 50 allocations...
its not.
> If we want to keep the size of the routing tables down, why isn't ARIN
> charging MORE for end-user assignments. A lot more, like the same or even
> more
> than what allocations cost.
'cause ARIN isn't the routing police - yet. wait for widespread
adoption of rPKI... :)
--bill
