> > Can you show me real examples of an RIR repossessing > address space? If > > so, what is stopping them from reclaiming some of those /8s? > > The legal costs... While ARIN would have one hell of a court > battle trying > to reclaim 18/8, the MIT Office of the President would have no trouble > recognizing they were sitting on a pile of endowed chairs, > and would shoot > the entire network staff if necessary to put that block on > the market. I would rather hear what the president of MIT has to say about this than trust your comments. Do you speak for the president of MIT? In any case, I don't have any examples to present since most of the reclamation that has been done over the past few years was done without any fanfare. The RIRs and the organizations involved are really the only ones who know the details. Bill Manning was somehow involved in identifying blocks to be reclaimed so he may be able to provide some illumination without heat. --Michael Dillon P.S. Why on earth would the president of a university, with a reputation for ADVANCING the field of technology, care about which IP addresses are used in the university's network? _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf