Re: [sig-policy] IPv4 countdown policy proposal
the course and running out of v4 space on day X while folk get what they
need until then, versus giving folk less and less of what they need
until day X+Y (you have some good ideas, if one buys into the model in
the first place). slow long pain versus one major sharp pain.
but the slow long approach would seem to encourage sick half-solutions,
such as (even more) massive nat deployment etc.
but then there is the bright idea of holding some in reserve so we can
have some wonderful, very high stake, wars over who gets it and why.
this scares me more than either of the above two scenarios. but i am
sure we will get a lot of help divvying it up from the governments, itu,
lawyers, and politicians. we will totally destroy what is left of
cooperative internet stewardship in this process.
the slow versus sharp pain decision seems trivial when compared to the
extreme pain of the wars of divvying up a reserve. let's not go there.
randy