Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion

Thu Jul 9 20:20:02 UTC 2015

And I’m saying you’re ignoring an important part of reality.

Whatever ISPs default to deploying now will become the standard to which application developers develop.

Changing the ISP later is easy.

Changing the applications is hard.

Let’s not bake unnecessary limitations into applications by assuming that tomorrow’s networks in homes will necessarily be as simple as today’s.

Owen

> On Jul 9, 2015, at 13:07 , Naslund, Steve <SNaslund at medline.com> wrote:
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> In short, I'm saying that you should set your default so it is easily changed on the fly and then it won't matter if you are wrong.
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> Steven Naslund
> Chicago IL
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>> In short, much of what you say below has been discussed before and with the general conclusion “geography != topology and no, geographic allocation would not improve summarization”.
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>> I’m not saying that assignments need to be static, but I am saying that we need to put the default size somewhere that doesn’t inhibit future development and close off options at the application level.
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>> That’s why I’m arguing for a default /48.
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>> Owen
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