On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:46:53PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
We know how many IPv4 addresses there are. We know how many are unusable (although this number isn't 100% fixed). We know how many were given out. We know how many are given out now each year. What kind of magic do you expect will make this problem that's coming go away? Are there hidden pockets of yet undiscovered address space?
Undiscovered? No. But unless the situation has changed since I last looked (which is possible), there are some sizeable clumps that will never get used by the people who "own" them, which it has not been practicable to reclaim. The tighter the vise, the higher the fence it will be worthwhile to jump to reclaim that space... just like prospecting for oil. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Designer +-Internetworking------+----------+ RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates | Best Practices Wiki | | '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://bestpractices.wikicities.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me