[c-nsp] OT : IPv6 - Will it hit like an "avalanch"?

[Dino Farinacci]

It would be interesting to hear from this community what you think  
about:

     http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-farinacci-lisp-06.txt
     http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-fuller-lisp-alt-00.txt
     http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-lewis-lisp-interworking-00.txt

Thanks in advance for considering,
Dino

On Apr 2, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 04:29:13PM +0300, Ziv Leyes wrote:
>> I want to set an appointment with you in, let's say 10 years from  
>> today and we can talk it over again?
>> Do you know how many of the IPv4 "allocated" addresses aren't  
>> actually in use and are only held at the LIRs and RIRs IP "storage  
>> basement" for future use?
>> This could happen in the future too, a single person can apply for  
>> a million IPv6 addresses and perhaps he will get them, because  
>> "there are som many, so what the heck, let him have 'em?"
>> We'll see, I hope I'm wrong?
>
> Actually every user of IPv6 *will* get "millions" (2^64...2^80,  
> depending
> on ISP assignment size).  That's the point.
>
> Before making public claims like yours, try to read up a bit on what  
> the
> current approaches *are*, and how the numbers work out.
>
> "IPv6 won't work!" (and its variants) isn't going to stop IPv4  
> depletion -
> get over it, and start helping to fix the remaining open issues around
> IPv6.  "Not enough addresses" isn't one of them.  Non-deployment is.
>
> gert
>
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