> This prompted a jabber discussion extracts of which follow.
>
> <XXXXX> note that people who operate routers are usually all about control.
> automatic renumbering is scary except maybe on the edge
> <marka> There is no loss of control. It would still require a human to add a
> prefix to the set of prefixes in use.
>
> <XXXXX> somebody upstream from you renumbers. what happens?
> <marka> With IPv6 I would expect that a both the new and old routes would be
> published for a period. The old route would then be withdrawn. There is
> plenty of addresses space. There is no need for instantious changes in
> addresses.
>
> <XXXXX> i was talking about control. your upstream adds new prefix, do you
> add automatically or do you wait for human to approve it?
> <XXXXX> simiarly for your upstream withdrawing, do you withdraw automatically
> or ...
> <marka> I would expect that there would be due notice give so that humans
> could be involved.
you expect too much.
>
> Mark
>
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