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 <o...@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
