On 12/3/2011 5:26 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Doug Barton <dougb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > there is nothing to stop customers from using the new block internally > > ... > > because the pain of dealing with customers who are using your CGN block > > internally is going to exist anyway, why not just use the least popular > > 1918 block(s) for this purpose and deal with the conflicts when they > > arise? > > That's definitely something to think about. > > One point the other way is that in using 1918 space in their sites, customers > are doing _nothing wrong_ - in fact, they are doing just what the spec says > they should do. On the other hand, a customer using CGN space in their site > _would_ be doing something that's counter to a spec. I'm not sure how much > good that will be for an ISP dealing with an upset customer, but it might be > of some value. This argument has been raised before, but IMO the value is exactly zero. The fact that you have a finger to wag at someone doesn't make the costs of dealing with the conflict any smaller. Doug -- "We could put the whole Internet into a book." "Too practical." Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf