[arin-ppml] Use of "reserved" address space.

[Owen DeLong]

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On Jun 26, 2010, at 6:21 PM, Joe Maimon <jmaimon at chl.com> wrote:

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> 
> Stephen Sprunk wrote:
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>> Maybe if we had
>> started on this ten years ago it would make sense,
> 
> Agreed. However, the reason we hadnt started on this ten years ago is the exact one quoted above.
> 
>> but now it's far too
>> late.
> 
> I certainly hope so. Otherwise things have really hit the fan. So I would suggest we do so anyways, even as we assume that time proves it to be a pointless endeavor. I certainly dont want to be having this exact discussion ten years from now.
> 
>> IMHO, it's better to push manufacturers and network providers to
>> IPv6 rather than distract them with yet another hack that will only keep
>> IPv4 rolling along for another year or so.
>> 
>> S
> 
> What is wrong with an approach of "All of the above"?
> 
Lack of infinite human resources... Resources with clue can do the most good deploying ipv6. Resources without clue won't accomplish much on this task anyway.

> Anyways, strong odds suggest that removing restrictions on reserved space is a much simpler code change than including another network stack, in any OS and in any firmware.
> 
But the other network stack is already there in the vast majority of hardware and os. Additionally, that still has to happen anyway.

Owen
> Joe
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