[Chapter-delegates] ARIN IPv4 transfer policy proposal

[Christian de Larrinaga]

The issue and risk, is the potential that is increasing in my view for  
Internet to fragment.

IPv6 has been standardised to be incompatible with IPv4 and this means  
that transition mechanisms to keep IPv4 and IPv6 on the same network  
are challenging.

These transition mechanisms need enough IPv4 as well as IPv6 addresses  
so that we keep a single internetwork where any device can find and  
communicate with any other. This is particularly important as it will  
take some years before key applications and protocols we enjoy in v4  
work or have replacements on v6.

As I understand it the notion behind proposals for trading IPv4  
addresses is to use the power of market forces to try to flush out  
currently unused or under-used IPv4 addresses not so much to delay the  
allocation of IPv6 but to make it possible to transition to IPv6  
without fragmenting the Internet.

It would make sense if any RIR policy supporting trading of IP address  
space would correspond with a requirement to issue and allocate all  
end points with IPv6 addresses. What RIR's hope is that they will be  
able to control (regulate) any market, which without statutory  
restraints remains to be seen of course.



Christian de Larrinaga
Network Brokers Ltd
IP Transitions


On 26 Feb 2008, at 15:16, Marcin Cieslak wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Seems like ARIN is discussing an interesting policy on IPv4 address  
> trading:
>
> http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_2.html
>
> Commentary: "Could IP address plan mean another IPv6 delay? -
> Proposal to allow IPv4 address trading could prolong Internet upgrade"
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021308-ipv6-delay.html
>
> What's your opinion on this?
>
> -- 
>             << Marcin Cieslak // saper at saper.info >>
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