NANOG/IEPG/ISOC's current role

Thu Apr 4 16:04:54 UTC 1996

Howard states:

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> IMHO, I don't think you can guarantee that almost anything will stay
> routable, certainly anything less than an /18.  Bluntly, there's no good
> way to guarantee routable prefixes.
> 

Yes, there is a good way to GUARANTEE routable prefixes.  Intermediate
system address translation which maps to "virtual renumbering"....

The answer my friend.... is blowing in the wind... in the technical
implementation, not "human attitude re-engineering".....

The attitude, .... "bluntly, there's no good way for man to fly...."
is not unique to written history.... it is alive and well in the
Internet today ;-)

Best Regards,

Tim