I thought the main reason for IPv6 was so that people could write RFCs
and get paid to travel all around the world, imposing their complexity on
others...
Jim Fleming
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To: "Paul A Vixie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: AAAA/A6 thing
> >but the thing that propped up the rapid adoption of IPv6 -- in spite of
the
> >fact that it solves absolutely none of the known problems in the routing
> >system -- was rapid renumbering. A6 was then set forth as the means by
> >which this would be achieved, and moreover, the means by which the
routing
> >system's pain would be eased since multihoming would be a first order
effect
> >and it would cease to matter who owned the address space you used
day-to-day.
> >
> >if we're going to abandon A6 then i for one am ready to listen to tony
li's
> >"too little, too soon" comment, through IPv6 itself into the waste bin,
and
> >go back to the whiteboard and solve more of the problems we actually
have.
> >there is NO justification for the rapid and early adoption of IPv6 in its
> >present form unless A6 or something very much like A6 is made a part of
it.
>
> sorry, i cannot follow your logic here. as far as i understand rapid
> renumbering was not the sole reason to pursue IPv6. for me, bigger
> address space is the most important concern. i have checked all
> IPng requirement documents (rfc17xx and 16xx) and i found no text
> that says "renumbering is the biggest concern". is there really a
> large consensus on this?
>
> on the contrary, there are wording for routing table size.
> as far as i understand IPv6 addressing plan as well as 6bone routing
> guideline solves this portion of the problem.
>
> itojun
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