v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers

Simon Lyall simon at darkmere.gen.nz
Sat Dec 22 03:18:02 UTC 2007


On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Randy Bush wrote:
> logic chains which begin with
>
> > Now I think there is a chance that
>
> may not be the best way to do engineering.  there is a 'chance that'
> just about anything.

Sure, the Sun could explode tomorrow and all these IPv6 people will have
wasted their lives.

However the scenario is a common one and the timetable is well within the
time period when IPv6 will be the main network technology (say 2015 - 2035+)
so it should have been taken into account and judging on the fact that
IPv6 *does* support billions of nodes and thousands of networks to every
end site I guess it probably was.

Making engineering decisions on the basis of "there is no chance" that
is risky too, especially looking 40+ years into the future.

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