Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Re: Interaction between the RIPE and anti-abuse communities, was Draft Anti-Abuse WG Minutes ? RIPE 61

On Wednesday 02 February 2011 16.23, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

2^128 IP addresses should be enough for anybody, eh? If it was so. But in real life it more like 2^48 due to waste at both ends

( 64 bits off at lower end , used as "host identifier", 16 bits used to separate which registrar, typoe of address etc ) -- Peter Håkanson There's never money to do it right, but always money to do it again ... and again ... and again ... and again. ( Det är billigare att göra rätt. Det är dyrt att laga fel. )