[address-policy-wg] saving v4 space for new entrants

On 6 Feb 2013, at 12:58, Shane Kerr <shane at time-travellers.org> wrote:

> Do we care about allowing new entrants or not?

Yeah, but there are limits. I hope/expect our grandchildren won't be discussing 60-70 years from now how future LIRs can qualify for a /32 of v4 or make the remaining RIR reserves ov v4 last beyond the heat death of the universe. :-) At some point v4 simply will run out and no amount of policy tweaking is going to change that. The current trends/policy suggest the NCC has 5-6 years to go. Seems about right.

Of course if there's evidence of abuse or LIRs gaming the system, that needs to be dealt with. Do you have data which suggests bad things are happening?

FWIW the issue I think we should be discussing is what role, if any, the RIRs have when/if the market in v4 goes mainstream. Debating how we might make the dregs of v4 space last a little bit longer does seem to me to be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic after the iceberg hit.