RE: [apnic-talk] Ignorable (it is a response to a Fleming mail).
On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 6:48 AM, David R. Conrad[SMTP:davidc at apnic dot net] wrote:
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@
@>This might be part of Mr. Conrad's problem. I did not suggest that
@>the IPv4 address space be delegated to the 50 US States.
@
@If anyone really cares (I know, no one does), I would direct them to
@http://www.arin.net/archives/naipr.9703, message from JimFleming at unety dot net
@dated 6 Mar 1997 (you can find it quickly with a "find in page" looking
@for "clarified..."). You'll discover Jim does indeed propose allocating
@IPv4 address space (/8s) to each state (in addition to 3 TLDs).
@
IPv8 has progressed since that time. You may not have been
keeping up on the leading edge developments. With your proposed
job change and the move of APNIC to Australia, I suspect you are
busy with other matters.
The current IPv8 proposal for the IPv4 address space is to use
the 11 bit G:S number to identify blocks of IPv4 space that would
be managed by the 2,048 TLD authorities. Note, I said "manage"
not route. People seem to get this mixed up. Especially people
with an IETF view of the world.
Without going into all of the details, the current proposals are to
give each of the 2,048 TLD authorities one complete IPv8 address
space which is a full 32 bit space and is as large as the current
Internet. 0:0 is delegated to ARPA and is the legacy Internet.
Besides this one huge space, the proposal is to delegate several
smaller parts of the IPv4 space to the TLD authorities to distribute
that resource around the world in a fair and equitable manner.
Comments from all regions are welcome at all times and people
do not have to fly to the U.S., the Caribbean or the U.K. to make
those comments. The best place to make them is on the Internet.
-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.net
IPv8 - Designed for the Rest of the Human Race
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