Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 9, 2011, at 4:35 AM, Sam Stickland wrote: > > > On 9 Feb 2011, at 02:43, "R. Benjamin Kessler" > wrote: > From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] >> "Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." >> >> +1 >> >> I was consulting for a financial s

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 2/9/11 4:35 AM, Sam Stickland wrote: > > > On 9 Feb 2011, at 02:43, "R. Benjamin Kessler" > wrote: > From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] >> "Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." >> >> +1 >> >> I was consulting for a financial services firm

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-09 Thread Sam Stickland
On 9 Feb 2011, at 02:43, "R. Benjamin Kessler" wrote: >>> From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] > >>> "Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." > > +1 > > I was consulting for a financial services firm in the late '90s that was > acquired by a large east-co

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread George Herbert
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 6:54 PM, David Barak wrote: > > >>From: R. Benjamin Kessler > >>>From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] > >>>"Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." > >>+1 > >>I was consulting for a financial services firm in the late '90s that was >>acqui

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread David Barak
  >From: R. Benjamin Kessler >>From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] >>"Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." >+1 >I was consulting for a financial services firm in the late '90s that was >acquired by a large east-coast bank; the bank's brilliant scheme >

RE: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread R. Benjamin Kessler
>>From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herb...@gmail.com] >>"Let's just grab 2/8, it's not routed on the Internet..." +1 I was consulting for a financial services firm in the late '90s that was acquired by a large east-coast bank; the bank's brilliant scheme was to renumber all new acquisition

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Feb 8, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Lynda wrote: > On 2/8/2011 2:46 PM, Brandon Butterworth wrote: >>> Before arin etc it was possible to request ip space and on the >>> form specify you would not be connecting to the Internet. >> >> So those off net users can't complain if ARIN allocated the >> same ra

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread George Herbert
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:08 PM, wrote: > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:59:12 PST, George Herbert said: > >> It's easy to say "Well, foo on them", but for those of us who provide >> services or consulting to those who failed to follow the directions, >> we still have to deal with it. > > Just remember th

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Lynda
On 2/8/2011 2:46 PM, Brandon Butterworth wrote: Before arin etc it was possible to request ip space and on the form specify you would not be connecting to the Internet. So those off net users can't complain if ARIN allocated the same ranges on net. Not that it's worth doing so now. I hoped I

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:59:12 PST, George Herbert said: > It's easy to say "Well, foo on them", but for those of us who provide > services or consulting to those who failed to follow the directions, > we still have to deal with it. Just remember that if they *had* followed the directions, your bil

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread George Herbert
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > I wish people would actually read RFC 1918. > >      Category 1: hosts that do not require access to hosts in other >                  enterprises or the Internet at large; hosts within >                  this category may use IP addresses th

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Brandon Butterworth
> Before arin etc it was possible to request ip space and on the > form specify you would not be connecting to the Internet. So those off net users can't complain if ARIN allocated the same ranges on net. Not that it's worth doing so now. V6, drive fast. brandon

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Mark Andrews
I wish people would actually read RFC 1918. Category 1: hosts that do not require access to hosts in other enterprises or the Internet at large; hosts within this category may use IP addresses that are unambiguous within an enterprise, b

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 2/8/2011 7:25 AM, Sam Stickland wrote: I've worked in plenty of places where registered address was used on private interconnections between organisations to avoid overlaps, but never announced globally. There's no such thing as "globally" anyway. Your view of the Internet routing table !=

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Sam Stickland
I've worked in plenty of places where registered address was used on private interconnections between organisations to avoid overlaps, but never announced globally. S On 8 Feb 2011, at 14:35, gb10hkzo-na...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: >> Hint: even IPs not pingable from the Internet are being used. Not

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread Jared Mauch
Before arin etc it was possible to request ip space and on the form specify you would not be connecting to the Internet. Jared Mauch On Feb 8, 2011, at 9:35 AM, gb10hkzo-na...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: >> Hint: even IPs not pingable from the Internet are being used. Not >> everyone is an ISP/Webhost

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-08 Thread gb10hkzo-nanog
> Hint: even IPs not pingable from the Internet are being used. Not > everyone is an ISP/Webhoster ... with public services. I thought that was why we have RFC1918 ?

RE: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-06 Thread Lee Howard
> -Original Message- > From: Jimmy Hess [mailto:mysi...@gmail.com] > > The most important thing to ensure "usage" is recognized is that the > entire address space is announced plus routed, I don't speak on behalf of a community, but in the past there have been people reminding the ARIN

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-05 Thread Ralph J.Mayer
Hi, > If you are using your block, why would you worry? > > If not are not using your block, why would you need it? You may define "using" Hint: even IPs not pingable from the Internet are being used. Not everyone is an ISP/Webhoster ... with public services. -- Viele Grüße / Kind Regards / C

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Jimmy Hess" > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Daniel Seagraves > wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > > > How many addresses do I have to be using for it to count as in use? > > How high will that number go in the next few mont

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 4, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> I'm a little confused. Sounds like the things you are talking about all >> fall into the "if you are using your block" category, so he shouldn't worry. >> >> ARIN should not rec

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > How many addresses do I have to be using for it to count as in use? How high > will that number go in the next few months/years? The most important thing to ensure "usage" is recogn

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Heinrich Strauss wrote: > Hi, NANOG. > > Something's just struck me: every IPv4 allocation over a certain threshold > has a monetary cost (sometimes in the tens of thousands of USD) and according > to our RIR, the first equivalent IPv6 allocation is given as a free

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Brandon Butterworth
> ARIN might decide that since we're ineligible for an allocation under > the current rules, we're no longer eligible to maintain the space we > have, and take it away from us. ARIN don't know that > As the remaining space gets smaller, I expect that the number needed > to justify keeping my addr

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Daniel Seagraves
On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > I'm a little confused. Sounds like the things you are talking about all fall > into the "if you are using your block" category, so he shouldn't worry. > > ARIN should not reclaim a block that is in use. Unless I am confused? > (Happens

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: >> On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote: >>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: >>> No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a reasonably br

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Jared Mauch
On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote: >> On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: >> >>> No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a reasonably brisk >>> business in reclamation and reallocation, albeit

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Bill Woodcock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: > >> No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a reasonably brisk >> business in reclamation and reallocation, albeit in ever smaller blocks. On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Daniel Seag

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Daniel Seagraves wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: > >> No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a reasonably brisk >> business in reclamation and reallocation, albeit in ever smaller blocks. > > As holder of a small block, thi

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Daniel Seagraves
On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: > No, and in fact, I believe all the RIRs will probably do a reasonably brisk > business in reclamation and reallocation, albeit in ever smaller blocks. As holder of a small block, this scares and irritates me. It scares me that I might lose my

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Fred Baker wrote: > On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Heinrich Strauss wrote: >> So once the "early" adopters migrate their networks to IPv6, there is no >> business need to maintain the IPv4 allocation and that will be returned to >> the free pool, since Business would see

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Bill Woodcock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Heinrich Strauss wrote: > So once the "early" adopters migrate their networks to IPv6, there is no > business need to maintain the IPv4 allocation and that will be returned to > the free pool, since Business would see it

Re: Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Fred Baker
On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Heinrich Strauss wrote: > So once the "early" adopters migrate their networks to IPv6, there is no > business need to maintain the IPv4 allocation and that will be returned to > the free pool, since Business would see it as an unnecessary cost. Interesting reasoning

Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

2011-02-04 Thread Heinrich Strauss
Hi, NANOG. Something's just struck me: every IPv4 allocation over a certain threshold has a monetary cost (sometimes in the tens of thousands of USD) and according to our RIR, the first equivalent IPv6 allocation is given as a freebie (to encourage migration). (Disclaimer: I'm on the Dark Con