[122316] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Denic (.de) blocking 6to4 nameservers (since begin feb 2010)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc A. Runkel)
Thu Feb 11 12:58:04 2010
From: "Marc A. Runkel" <mrunkel@untangle.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B742D22.4030007@foobar.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:57:33 -0800
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 11, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> On 11/02/2010 12:26, Igor Ybema wrote:
>> Ok, policy is policy and we should not complain. However, I'm asking
>> your opinions about this policy. I find this really stupid because
>> this completely brakes use for 6to4 in Germany and their is no good
>> reason to block it.
>=20
> Someone once asked Angela Merkel what she liked most about Germany. =
She
> replied "Ich denke an dichte Fenster! Kein anderes Land kann so dichte =
und
> so sch=F6ne Fenster bauen"
>=20
> ("I think ... thick windows. No other country can build windows which =
are
> as thick or as nice.")
Actually, the translation is: "I think about airtight windows. No other =
country can build widows that are this airtight and this beautiful."
dicht =3D airtight, dick =3D thick.
>=20
> This might just be a cultural thing. While lots of countries have a =
love
> affair with doing things badly, Germany realises the value of quality
> infrastructure.
>=20
> 6to4 is ghetto. DE-NIC doesn't like it. Putting a DNS server on a =
6to4
> address serves no other purpose than to say: "There! I fixed it!"
>=20
> ob-url: http://thereifixedit.com/
>=20
> Nick
>=20
