IPv8 < IPv6

Thu Nov 6 21:35:01 UTC 1997

  Paul,

  We agree on all but this small point.  Certainly one should
  allocate ip address space in a topological manner.  However, I
  know of several large NSP/ISPs that don't because there's no
  [technological or economic] punitive incentive for them to do so.

  I believe that the correlation between topology and geography will
  increase as a function of time.

  In fact, I believe that today the correlation is quite high.

  The lack of correlation is the exception, in my experience, than
  the rule.

  -alan

Quoting Paul Ferguson (ferguson at cisco.com):
> At 02:19 PM 11/6/97 -0500, Alan Hannan wrote:
> 
> >
> >  Accordingly, not allocating in a geographic fashion lends to
> >  deaggregation, which is bad.
> >
> 
> Correction: Not allocating in a topological fashion lends to
> deaggregation. Geography often has nothing to do with it.
> 
> - paul