[address-policy-wg] Any-cast or uni-cast solutions

On May 29, 2012, at 2:10 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> On May 29, 2012, at 8:42 AM, John Curran wrote:
>> It is possible that the goals in RFC 2050 are worth reevaluating (in light of
>> IPv4 runout, the nature of IPv6, etc.) but the community has yet to perform 
>> that task and so it should not be surprising in the meantime that some policy 
>> discussions in the regions may take into consideration more than simply the 
>> single goal of ensuring uniqueness.
> 
> I was, of course, speaking of the historical RIRs that focused on being registries. As I stated, policies change.

David - 
 
   I believe that both presently and historically the RIR communities have
   considered the goals of "conservation" and "routability" in addition to 
   uniqueness.   RFC 2050 is, after all, a historic document.

   With regards to "policies change", if you believe there should be a new 
   registry model where registries consist solely of providing uniqueness 
   and address block contact information, that does indeed appear to be a 
   change in policy and I'd suggest submitting to the appropriate fora.

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN