in defense of lisp (was: Anybody can participate in the IETF)

Thu Jul 14 03:49:09 UTC 2011

> I also view RFC6296 as a perpetuation of the clear violation of the
> end-to-end principle (i.e., ' . . . functions placed at low levels of
> a system may be redundant or of little value when compared with the
> cost of providing them at that low level . . .') embodied in the
> abomination of NAT/PAT into IPv6, and the consequent instantiation of
> yet more unnecessary and harmful state into networks which are already
> deep in the throes of autogenic thromboembolism.

great rant.  not to quibble but i thought 6296 was stateless.

randy