On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Justin M. Streiner <strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2014, William Herrin wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Justin M. Streiner >> <strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: >>> >>> All of these 'Hail Mary' options for 'saving' IPv4 really are pointless. >> >> >> IPv4 is like the U.S. Penny. It'll be useless long before it goes >> away. And right now it's far from useless. > > Interesting analogy, but it misses the larger point. The larger point is > that the ongoing effort to squeeze more mileage out of IPv4 will soon [1] > outweigh the mileage we (collectively) get out of it.
Hi Justin, That's what I hear. Interesting thing though: it hasn't happened yet. IANA ran out of /8's and it didn't happen. The RIRs dropped to high-conservation mode on their final allocations and it didn't happen. How could that be? In completely unrelated news, placard-bearing lunatics on the streets of New York City report that The End Is Nigh... for most of the last century. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
