You can do math at current and/or projected usage levels. I doubt future usage levels are going to be as easily estimated. --srs ________________________________ From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2026 9:02 PM To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> Cc: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@massar.ch>; Serge Droz <serge.droz@first.org>; denis walker <ripedenis@gmail.com>; security-wg@ripe.net <security-wg@ripe.net>; Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Subject: Re: [Security-wg] Abuse mailboxes are increasingly no longer monitored and are being replaced by (bad) forms Hi, On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 01:10:25PM +0000, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Right now a common argument is ???IPv4 is done with, IPv6 has so much space, even if bad actors corner large chunks of it, there???s still unlimited space left???.
We will probably, with 20/20 hindsight, realize that this argument will go the way of that apocryphal Bill Gates quote about 640k should be enough for anybody.
We can do math. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Karin Schuler, Sebastian Cler Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: Dr. Frank Thiäner D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279