[discuss] IPv6 Deployment and IG

Fri Dec 27 19:15:59 UTC 2013

>All of which ignores the fact that IP addresses are allocated, 
>routed, and used topologically, not geographically. Which 
>means that all discussion of them in terms of physical 
>geography and national boundaries is completely pointless.

>From the standpoint of pure technical efficiency, perhaps so. But then you need to explain to me why we have a growing number of NIRs in Asia and Africa (including Japan) and I why I spent several months this year trying to prevent the US DEA and DoJ from imposing jurisdictional boundaries on ARIN allocations on the basis of a "know your customer" rationale. To me the explanation seems obvious; if a political authority can align allocation and assignment authority with their own jurisdiction then they have more power over Internet uses and users. 

--MM