Re: [sig-policy] 1.2.3.4

2015-05-22 Thread Aftab Siddiqui
+1 Please stop attempting to rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic. And I don't want to renumber my home network :) [its friday] Regards, Aftab A. Siddiqui * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy * ___

Re: [sig-policy] Idea for 1.2.3.0/24

2015-05-22 Thread David Conrad
On May 23, 2015, at 4:17 AM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: I can only think of a few reasons a company would want to spend any amount of money for a vanity IP address. Really? 8.8.8.8? In my (early) experience at APNIC, there was significant interest in vanity IP addresses, to the

Re: [sig-policy] Idea for 1.2.3.0/24

2015-05-22 Thread Paul Wilson
My understanding is that this is not about “just a single /24” but about this particular /24, which is a memorable address and may be useful for that reason. If it is useful (for some undetermined purpose) then its use may extend through the entire remaining life of IPv4 on the Internet, not

Re: [sig-policy] Idea for 1.2.3.0/24

2015-05-22 Thread Owen DeLong
Paul, I find it interesting amid calls for “don’t rearrange the deck chairs” that you single out my message as the one attempting to shut the conversation down. I’m perfectly willing to tolerate whatever discussions people want to have. As for the value of a memorable address such as 1.2.3.4