On 2010-09-20 20:36, Leo Vegoda wrote: > On 20 Sep 2010, at 12:32, Mo McRoberts wrote: >> On 20-Sep-2010, at 19:26, Leo Vegoda wrote: >> >>> I should probably point out that there is no charge for PENs assigned >>> following a request made at: >>> >>> http://pen.iana.org/pen/PenApplication.page >>> >>> In most cases, PENs are assigned nice and quickly. If anyone has concerns >>> about the process then please let us know. >> >> how big are OID atoms? is there a countdown clock for when we'll run out of >> PENs? ;) > > I understand that the PEN space is infinite. Of course, typing a *very* long > string of numbers into a configuration might be a bit awkward.
Now why could they not have done that for IP addresses :-)