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

Tue Nov 30 04:30:59 UTC 2004

Tony Li <tony.li at tony.li> writes:

> 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.

... and once the Internet's effectiveness and usefulness is dropped to
a level comparable to that of the IAEA, nobody will care anymore.
Presto, problem solved!

                                        ---Rob