[governance] IPv6 address allocations to DOD - 247 billion or 42 decillion?

[Ian Peter]

42,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

That's how many IPv6 addresses have been allocated to US DOD according to
the link below - and that's significantly more than large telcos.

http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/03/26/the-us-department-of-defense-has-42-mill
ion-billion-billion-billion-ipv6-addresses/

Even if this is factually incorrect, plenty of sources put the number of
addresses allocated at 247 billion.

Eg 
http://gcn.com/Articles/2007/02/03/DOD-to-allocate-its-IPv6-addresses.aspx?P
age=1

In either case, the number is huge, in excess of allocations to bodies who
have greater neeeds for IP numbers, and hardly allocated on the basis of
need.

I wonder if someone can let us know the correct number allocated or reserved
for US DOD use? It would also be useful to know how the decision on the
allocation was taken.

If the number was simply allocated because it was asked for, that seems a
very naïve decision in an age where claims of information imperialism are
being made. Surely someone in the relevant internet governance area (ARIN?)
would have thought about the policy implications?

Or if there was simply no choice - US DOD gets what it wants, no questions
asked, questions need to be raised about the independence of internet
governance structures.

Yes I know, there are plenty of numbers available (they said that with IPv4
as well). But that's hardly the point.

Can someone enlighten us with the details of this allocation and how it was
made?

Ian Peter


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