size of the routing table is a big deal, especially in IPv6

Tue Nov 30 04:28:07 UTC 2004

I'm sorry, North Korea is in the UN.  My mistake. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Joe Johnson
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:25 PM
To: Tony Li; nanog at merit.edu
Subject: RE: size of the routing table is a big deal, especially in IPv6

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My preferred solution at this point is for the UN to take over 
management of the entire Internet and for them to issue a policy of one 
prefix per country.  This will have all sorts of nasty downsides for 
national providers and folks that care about optimal routing, but it's 
the only way that I can see that will allow the Internet to continue to 
operate over the long term.

Tony
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What happens to non-member states?  What happens to Taiwan, who has not
been a part of the UN for decades?  Does the island nation of Togo get a
prefix, but not Taiwan.  Also, what about North Korea?  Only South Korea
is a member state in the UN.

Next thing you know, they'll be trading prefixes for kick-backs . . . 