Hello Pekka, Pekka Savola wrote:
> I thought the "why" for no to flat-space end-site allocations by IANA was > self-evident. Well, it's not to me anyway! > How do you do reverses in an automatic manner (that's about the most > significant reason for totally unique, and that's by a long stretch)? This wasn't stated as a requirement. If it is a requirement, then I believe I could design something, but until that is made clear I'd rather not have to do that. > What data would you require for an assignment? None. > What do you do when everyone requests assignments? Rate-limiting has to be part of the solution. Thankfully, it's not very hard. > What to do when someone sets up a fancy > script which requests assignments at the pace of 1000 per second, just > for fun? If they keep doing it, then we ought to filter out extraneous requests. > "No infrastructure" is just so much better. I agree, and I like the randomized solution, as long as it meets the requirements. If not, then I offer a centralized allocation solution as an alternative. Regards, Charlie P. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------