On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 11:22:05AM -0000, michael.dillon@xxxxxx wrote: > > 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 > predating the existance of ARIN, LACNIC, and AFRINIC, i worked with the permission of the then IANA and our team reclaimed 14% of the total IPv4 space and put it back into the freepool. We could have done more (estimates of another 6-8% were feasable) but we ran out of funds and the IANA ceased being the registry of first/last resort. Time, processes, administrative thinking, and other factors have changed, which lead me to believe that reclaimation - as such - will not happen again to any noticable degree. --bill _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf