has it be clarified by arin on why they are going to allocate /28s? seems a faster way to waste ipv4 space with unusable ip addresses? The only thing I can think of is micro allocations for IX points.
*Bryan Socha* Network Engineer 646.450.0472 | *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *ServerStack* | Scale Big On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Tore Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > What I fail to understand from this thread is the apparent expectation > > that these smaller-than-/24 microscopic delegations from ARIN will be > > popular. > > Hi Tore, > > There is every expectation that they will be unpopular. They're a > hedge against the possibility of a grueling last-minute IPv6 > conversion following a failed IPv4 market. They're something that can, > with difficulty, be made to work. They serve no other purpose. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > William D. Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] > 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> > Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 > >
