On 10/02/2011 06:15, Ricky Beam wrote: > On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:42:14 -0500, Nathan Eisenberg <nat...@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.
