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.... they are
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/global-pool-of-ipv4-addresses-set-to-run-dry-in-weeks.ars>.

In message <>, Bret wrote:

> I'm sure they can manage the space better.

They already are.

> But there is also class B and class C space, which doesn't consist of
> monolithic /8 blocks. In that class B and C legacy space, there are
> actually 128 million unused addresses hiding

None of which can be freed in time.

Bret <> wrote in news::

> In that class B and C legacy space, there are
> actually 128 million unused addresses hiding
>

They are not unused.

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Ciao, Dave

Bret <> wrote in
news::

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:51:47 +0000 (UTC), Dave Taylor wrote:
>
>> Bret <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>>> In that class B and C legacy space, there are
>>> actually 128 million unused addresses hiding
>>>
>>
>> They are not unused.
>
> That was a quote from the site, can you explain why they are "used".
>

Have you set up a sniffer on un-natted internet and listened to bogons?
People have and when 1.1.1.1 was released all hell broke out ( in a
controlled manner), let alone the class C stuff that should not be out
there but is.

Here is a link:
http://labs.ripe.net/Members/franz/content-pollution-18

They are reserved for a reason; the rules make the internet work as we know
it.

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Ciao, Dave