shared address space... a reality!

Fri Mar 16 19:35:42 UTC 2012

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Octavio Alvarez
<alvarezp at alvarezp.ods.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:22:04 -0700, Christopher Morrow
> <christopher.morrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> NetRange:       100.64.0.0 - 100.127.255.255
>> CIDR:           100.64.0.0/10
>> OriginAS:
>> NetName:        SHARED-ADDRESS-SPACE-RFCTBD-IANA-RESERVED
>
> Weren't we supposed to *solve* the end-to-end connectivity problem,
> instead of just letting it live?

"We" forgot to ask if all the stakeholders wanted it solved. Most
self-styled "enterprise" operators don't: they want a major control
point at the network border. Deliberately breaking end to end makes
that control more certain. Which is why they deployed IPv4 NAT boxen
long before address scarcity became an impactful issue.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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