<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> There has been ample warning about what is being done to delay the<br>> inevitable. I would encourage networks to do their homework and<br>> determine the impact of the proposed policy. In my opinion, it's not up<br>> to AfriNIC to take responsibility for "critical infrastructure" and<br>> solve legacy IPv4 addressing problems that will occur.<br>Agree.<br>But apart from "critical infrastructure" there might maybe (or maybe i'm<br>dreaming) come new technologies about that can enable a new&better<br>transition mechanism and require a few IPv4 addresses. I think intention<br>is to reserve for this rather than "critical infrastructure".<br>I might be wrong.<br>This is your chance to tell me ;-)<br>><br><br>Frank you are right; i was considering factors really unforeseen, especially in implementation of newer technologies -
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the Problem.<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 10/2/09, Frank Habicht <i><geier@geier.ne.tz></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Frank Habicht <geier@geier.ne.tz><br>Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] IPv4 Softlanding Policy<br>To: "SM" <sm@resistor.net><br>Cc: "Douglas Onyango" <ondouglas@yahoo.com>, rpd@afrinic.net<br>Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 12:33 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Hi,<br>2 small things inline..<br><br>SM wrote:<br>... snip...<br><br>> (i) leave it to the Board to decide when the block should be returned to<br>> the pool and allocate according to the proposed policy.<br>"... to decide when and if the block should be returned"<br>I would say.<br>And I favour that option.<br><br>...snip...<br><br>> There has been ample warning about what is being done to
delay the<br>> inevitable. I would encourage networks to do their homework and<br>> determine the impact of the proposed policy. In my opinion, it's not up<br>> to AfriNIC to take responsibility for "critical infrastructure" and<br>> solve legacy IPv4 addressing problems that will occur.<br>Agree.<br>But apart from "critical infrastructure" there might maybe (or maybe i'm<br>dreaming) come new technologies about that can enable a new&better<br>transition mechanism and require a few IPv4 addresses. I think intention<br>is to reserve for this rather than "critical infrastructure".<br>I might be wrong.<br>This is your chance to tell me ;-)<br><br>Frank<br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>