On 10/02/2011 06:15, Ricky Beam wrote:
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:42:14 -0500, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:
What do you mean, lit up? You mean they're not in the routing tables that you get from your carriers? I'd argue that's no indication of whether they're in use or not.
That's pretty much the definition of "in use". If they don't appear in the global routing table, then they aren't being used. I cannot send traffic to them; they cannot send traffic to me.
I don't think that this is a correct definition. The question should be if there is a need for a globally unique number for a device.
In my recent probe of route servers, I found 22 legacy /8's that were partly or completely unused. I'm a little surprised ARIN/ICANN thinks it's a waste of time to even try to reclaim them.
If all 22 /8 that aren't in use would be reclaimed, that would only postpone the problem by a few years, it would not solve problem that IPv4 address space is limited and we will, sooner or later, run out. Reclaiming will take a considerable amount of time and effort from everybody, I think this is better spent working on a solution that will solve the problem forever. Henk (Speaking for myself, not for my employer). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.xs4all.nl/~henku P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I confirm today what I denied yesterday. Anonymous Politician.