BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

Sun Nov 28 13:33:43 UTC 2004

* Cliff Albert <cliff at oisec.net> [2004-11-28 14:22]:
> As I also stated in my last post (which you snipped out, and is pretty
> relevant) is that the handing out of ASN's should be harder. Currently
> ASN's are given to every silly dude that says 'i want multihoming'. 

I snipped that because I have nothing to add... as in, I agree that 
care should be taken to only give out ASNs to those who are really 
going to use it in a sane fashion. and maybe revoked easier when 
they're not in use.

> However I understand your statement, but the IPv4 policy's are mostly
> there because you still have to support the old way. In IPv6 we can do
> things the new way, so why shouldn't we decide on new policies that get
> us to stop all issues we had with IPv4. 

we'll never see the new way if it has so big drawbacks for so many 
organizations that are happy with the old way.

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