On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:57 AM, John Curran wrote:
On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> writes:
... I agree it would be nice if they would voluntarily return whatever is appropriate to the community, but,
You mean like they already did with 49/8, 50/8 (both formerly Joint Technical Command), 10/8 (formerly ARPAnet), and 7/8 (DNIC)?
As the biggest returner of IPv4 space by a fair margin, notwithstanding their current holdings I think the DoD is quite justified in saying "I gave at the office" and hanging up.
As they are also the biggest consumer of IPv4 space by a fair margin, that statement rings a bit hollow.
Actually, as I have noted before, the US DoD has contractually agreed to return to ARIN unneeded IPv4 address space if/when such becomes available, so that it may be used by the Internet community.
This statement, on the other hand, is a good thing. Owen