[121651] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Using /126 for IPv6 router links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Sat Jan 23 18:52:20 2010
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:51:33 +0000
In-Reply-To: <6eb799ab1001231507s1b0804c7p7fe974b45252c02@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 24, 2010, at 6:07 AM, James Hess wrote:
> Then obviously, it's giving every molecule in every soda can an IP addres=
s that is the waste that matters. There are several orders of magnitude bet=
ween the number of molecules in a soda can (~65000 times
> as many) as the number of additional IPs used by giving a point-to-poi=
nt link a /64.
I'm not too sure of the math behind this - and it was just one example. T=
he gazillions of one-time-use nanomachines used to scrape away plaque in ju=
st a single patient's bloodstream, et. al., argue against needless consumpt=
ion of IP addresses, IMHO. Not to mention all the smart material molecules=
continuously communicating with one another via NFC or somesuch in order t=
o dynamically re-shape automobile aerodynamics and so forth.
Of course, the sinkhole issue is of far greater immediate concern.
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