From owner-piara Fri Jun 20 19:18:33 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by teckla.apnic.net (8.8.5/8.7.1) id TAA28890 for piara-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:18:33 +0900 (JST) Received: from nostromo.apnic.net (root@hostel24.isocws.isoc.org [169.222.1.24]) by teckla.apnic.net (8.8.5/8.7.1) with ESMTP id TAA28885 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:18:30 +0900 (JST) Received: from nostromo.apnic.net (davidc@[127.0.0.1]) by nostromo.apnic.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA00887 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:20:50 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199706201920.EAA00887@nostromo.apnic.net> To: piara@teckla.apnic.net Subject: IP address market Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:20:48 +0900 From: David R Conrad Sender: owner-piara@apnic.net Precedence: bulk ------- Forwarded Message Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:41:08 -0500 From: mikech@avana.net To: "Timothy D. Hunt" , firewalls@GreatCircle.COM Subject: Re: Class B Address - ------------------------ From: "Timothy D. Hunt" Subject: Class B Address Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:38:01 -0400 To: firewalls@GreatCircle.COM > Hi: > > I have a client who, as the result of installing firewalls, is now using a > registered Class B address that they really don't need. > > I have suggested to the client that it would be to their benefit to convert > all their internal addresses to RFC 1597 (10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x) addresses, > but this would take time and effort (i.e. cost money) and obviously there > would be risk involved in re-addressing lots of machines. > > However, the client has suggested to me that if their costs were covered, the y > might consider making the change. > > My question is whether there is a market in Class B addresses, and if so > what might one be worth, so I know whether this might a viable idea to persue