[ipv6-wg] Have we failed as IPv6 Working Group?

On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 19:07, Michel Py <michel at arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
wrote:

> >>> Nick Hilliard wrote :
> >>> The cost of making 240/4 usable is to update every device on the
> >>> planet, including legacy ipv4 stacks.
>
> >> Michel Py wrote :
> >> No it is not. It costs nothing to the Internet, it only costs to
> >> those who chose to use it as private address space. More FUD.
>
> > Gert Doering wrote :
> > It's not "private address space" unless designated as such.
>
> Wrong again. It's not public unless given to RIRs to allocate it.
> FUD++



I think what Gert means is that this space has not been designated by
IETF/IANA for *any* purpose yet. One way of looking at it is to acknowledge
it is neither private nor public space at this moment in time.

See the various columns here
https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml

Regards,

Job
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