So why are we expending so much effort getting them to switch to IPv6 earlier? When IPv6 is the mainstream method of addressing they will get swept along. If a network admin wants to drag their feet and do things the hard way they have a right to do that. The rest of us don't need to go out of our way to accommodate them.
> -----Original Message----- > From: james woodyatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:11 PM > To: IETF IPv6 Mailing List > Subject: Re: draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt > > On Jun 21, 2007, at 15:26, Templin, Fred L wrote: > > > > Maybe I am missing the point, but there seems to be an implication > > that ULA-C necessarily implies IPv6 NAT; am I > misinterpreting? If not, > > then I don't quite understand why this implication is being > drawn. Can > > someone please explain? > > I'm not going so far as to say the implication is there. I'm > just have a very difficult time taking seriously the concern > about merge risks associated with renumbering due to the > birthday paradox in a 2^40 number space without something > more substantial to go on than a bald-faced assertion that > any small but non-zero probability of collision is > unacceptable. The alternative explanation that makes the > most sense to me is that some influential organizations, > which are too small to warrant their own PI space, are > resisting migration to IPv6 unless they can use NAT with > private addresses, and they won't [or can't] explain why the > arguments in RFC 4864 and draft-ietf- > v6ops-scanning-implications-03.txt are failing to persuade them. > > > -- > james woodyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > member of technical staff, communications engineering > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
