>You know, you could assign IPv6 addresses in a strictly geographic >way and you'd have more than enough for everyone, everywhere,
> with very simple routing. But of course that won't be done.
In fact some people are doing this today within their networks. IPv6 marveles ability to "address every millonth of a second of arc in
latitude and longitude on the planet" drives the entire excitment and funding.
latitude and longitude on the planet" drives the entire excitment and funding.
Private networks aside IP address allocation maybe needs to be done on a strictly geographical basis in a politically neutral fashion, e.g. via UN sponsored RIR / LIR. We may need an RFC on how to fund IANA activities through UN allowing "free" allocation of addresses to any interested individual or establishment.
"Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter Sherbin writes:
> It is worth about the same as a postal address that comes
> naturally when they build a new house. In a similar way when a new
> device comes to existence it gets an address out of infinite
> universe of 0 and 1.
That would only be true if IP addresses were geographically assigned,
which they aren't.
You know, you could assign IPv6 addresses in a strictly geographic way
and you'd have more than enough for everyone, everywhere, with very
simple routing. But of course that won't be done.
> The actual cost driver here is a need for an operator (e.g.
> Postal Service or ISP) to maintain a list of all existing addresses
> to be able to provide their services.
Not necessarily. If the addressing is strictly geographic--n
addresses for each area of m square metres on the planet--routing
would be very simple and wouldn't require much in the way of tables.
With 78 bits, you can address every millonth of a second of arc in
latitude and longitude on the planet. That's an area of about 0.00095
square millimetres.
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