Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread J. Noel Chiappa
> From: "David R. Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IPv6 does not solve the need to renumber if you change providers ... > Until that issue is addressed, there will be NATs. Even for v6. Oh, I can't resist: It's completely appalling that when I move to a new house, my street address ch

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Eliot Lear
Dave, > Technogeeks, perhaps. The vast majority of people on the Internet who are > behind NATs most likely don't even know it. With all the discussion of Napster and so-called "peer to peer" networking, I think NATs are going to become far more visible to users as these applications grow in po

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Keith Moore
> > > IPv6 does not solve the need to renumber if you change providers (and no, > > > not everyone can be a provider -- IPv6 uses CIDR, just like IPv4). Until > > > that issue is addressed, there will be NATs. Even for v6. > > > >I don't think so - first, because IPv6 has more hooks for renumbe

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread David R. Conrad
Keith, At 10:02 PM 2/14/2001 -0500, Keith Moore wrote: > > IPv6 does not solve the need to renumber if you change providers (and no, > > not everyone can be a provider -- IPv6 uses CIDR, just like IPv4). Until > > that issue is addressed, there will be NATs. Even for v6. > >I don't think so -

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Keith Moore
> IPv6 does not solve the need to renumber if you change providers (and no, > not everyone can be a provider -- IPv6 uses CIDR, just like IPv4). Until > that issue is addressed, there will be NATs. Even for v6. I don't think so - first, because IPv6 has more hooks for renumbering than v4 (thou

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread David R. Conrad
At 05:53 PM 2/14/2001 -0800, Michael W. Condry wrote: >I assume with IPv6 there is no need for NATs. IPv6 does not solve the need to renumber if you change providers (and no, not everyone can be a provider -- IPv6 uses CIDR, just like IPv4). Until that issue is addressed, there will be NATs.

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Keith Moore
to correct something I just miswrote: > - if you define it as the ability to "plug and ping" small networks > into the Internet, then (as far as I can tell) we still need > a small piece of protocol beyond IPv6 to have a "pure IPv6" > plug-and-ping solution. in the interim, either PPP or D

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Keith Moore
> Well the message I got earlier was the IPv6 will not fix > the NAT problem - true or not true? depends on how you define "the NAT problem" - if you define it as a shortage of addresses, then IPv6 *does* solve the NAT problem - provided, of course, that the RIRs are willing to assign reas

DNSng: where to discuss/get info?

2001-02-14 Thread Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
Hello: Well, the current DNS was designed around 1983 by Mockapetris et. al. ( See also http://gnIETF.vlsm.org/127.txt ). AFAIK, it was based on assumptions like a "single root"/ "single person authority", a simple categorizing scheme (.edu, .gov, ...), etc. Unfortunately, nowadays, XYZZY lawye

Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-14 Thread Michael W. Condry
Well the message I got earlier was the IPv6 will not fix the NAT problem - true or not true? I assume with IPv6 there is no need for NATs. Who thinks they will still be around - humm maybe if the ISP charge a fortune for 4 IP addresses vs 1 IP address (IPv6 or IPv4). At 11:53 AM 2/2/2001 -0800,

Announcement: new email reflector for IP over InfiniBand

2001-02-14 Thread Dan Cassiday - High End Server Systems
This note is to announce a new IETF email reflector to discuss methods for running IP traffic over an InfiniBand fabric. A BOF on this subject has been proposed for the March IETF meeting. To join the reflector, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "Subscribe ipoverib" in the body of the message

Re: Relation email - person (re: Mail sent to midcom)

2001-02-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:25:26 +1100, Dassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I would consider such results the fault of the list maintainer and not > a fault in the email system. Much like physical addresses used within > the postal system, anyone maintaining a list needs to provide a means > to maint

Middlebox taxonomy draft & BOF

2001-02-14 Thread Brian E Carpenter
If you are interested in middleboxes in general and a draft taxonomy of 20 different types of middlebox... See http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-carpenter-midtax-00.txt Plan on attending the midtax BOF in Minneapolis. Ad hoc mailing list thanks to Rob Austein: Post: [EMAIL PR

Re: what is NAT Good For ...

2001-02-14 Thread Jon Crowcroft
of course if NAT is so cool, why not make _every_ hop do NAT (Naughty Awful Terrible stuff) instead of MPLS (My Protocol's a Lot Slower) as a way of aggregate traffic engineering without recourse to level 2 (which we all know is making a lot less money than level 3 right now) i mean they a

RE: Relation email - person (re: Mail sent to midcom)

2001-02-14 Thread Dassa
|>-Original Message- |>From: Harald Alvestrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |>Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:41 AM |>To: Mike O'Dell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>Subject: Relation email - person (re: Mail sent to midcom) |> |>I recently had the dubious pleasure of sending out 40.000 |>emails

Re: Relation email - person (re: Mail sent to midcom)

2001-02-14 Thread Harald Alvestrand
At 17:18 13/02/2001 -0500, Keith Moore wrote: >I also wonder about Harald's sample - might this particular group of >people be more likely to > >- understand the value of a stable email address >- pick a ISP that provides good service and has good potential for longevity >- have his/her own person

Re: An alternative to TCP (part 1)

2001-02-14 Thread James P. Salsman
>> So transport layer should somehow enhance >>the error check and/or correction mechanism. > > actually, I would put it in the application layer. I would have the > application include some form of checksum (PGP signature, file CRC, > whatever) to ensure for itself that what was sent was wh