> When IPv4 exhaustion pain reaches a sufficiently high level of pain; > there is a significant chance people who will be convinced that any > use of IPv4 which does not involve announcing and routing the address > space on the internet is a "Non-Use" of IPv4 addresses, > > and that that particular point of view will prevail over the concept > and convenience of being allowed to maintain unique registration for > non-connected usage. > > And perception that those addresses are up for grabs, either for using > on RFC1918 networks for NAT, or for insisting that internet registry > allocations be recalled and those resources put towards use by > connected networks...... > > If you do have such an unconnected network, it may be prudent to have > a connected network as well, and announce all your space anyways (just > not route the addresses)
this is the arin vigilante cultural view of the world. luckily, the disease does not propagate sufficiently to cross oceans. randy