On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Måns Nilsson wrote: > --On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 20:05:11 -0600 Stephen Sprunk > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thus spake "Fred Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > - Customers that are stupid enough... > >> > >> Someone else's stupidity is not my problem. > > > > As a vendor, every customer problem is your problem. > > > > Go visit some Fortune 500 customers and ask: > > . Are you aware you won't be able to get portable IPv6 addresses? > > . How would you like to renumber your entire network every year? > > . How would you like us to sell you IPv6 NATs so you'll never have to > > renumber again? > > Most F500 customers or similar have their own AS numbers. They can easily > become a LIR and get their own assignment.
You don't get a portable IPv6 address allocation only by being a LIR. Except by lying or having an interesting interpretation of the required "200 customers" in the application, of course... -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings