[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 2

TJ and all,

  I disagree that IPv6 will be/is/should be the only successor to IPv4.

trejrco at gmail.com wrote:

> "It is a fair counter argument against a policy proposal on the last /8 to say there won't be the last /8."
>
> Really?  IMHO these are two very different conversations - one is an "if", the other is a "when".  In a case like this - as long as it is possible, it is worth being prepared for  ...
>
> (And prolonging IPv4 will probably just delay its  successor (IPv6 or not) even longer, meaning we would still have a last /8 discussion - just later on ... And that is assuming such a delaying-policy was even feasible/successful)
>
> FWLIW - I also disagree WRT IPv6 not being the successor to IPv4, but that is _also_ a separate conversation ...
>
> /TJ
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Masataka Ohta <mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
>
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:46:36
> To: Gert Doering<gert at space.net>
> Cc: Jeffrey A. Williams<jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com>; Nick Hilliard<nick at inex.ie>; Randy Bush<randy at psg.com>; Marco Hogewoning<marcoh at marcoh.net>; Milton L Mueller<mueller at syr.edu>; address-policy-wg at ripe.net<address-policy-wg at ripe.net>
> Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 2
>
> Gert Doering wrote:
>
> > Please stick to the topic of *this* discussion.  Even with reclamation
> > efforts, eventually we will reach the last /8,
>
> Why?
>
> Assuming reduction of address space consumption by mandating NAT,
> I can't understand how the last /8 could be reached before IPv4
> will be replaced by something not likely to be IPv6.
>
> Could you elaborate?
>
> > and *this* discussion is
> > only covering the rules for the last /8.
>
> I don't think it off topic to discuss whether there will be the
> last /8 or not.
>
> It is a fair counter argument against a policy proposal on the
> last /8 to say there won't be the last /8.
>
>                                                         Masataka Ohta

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