[131357] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv4 sunset date set for 2019-12-31
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave CROCKER)
Fri Oct 22 11:48:55 2010
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:48:43 -0700
From: Dave CROCKER <dhc2@dcrocker.net>
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
In-Reply-To: <19648.43288.915332.173143@world.std.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: dcrocker@bbiw.net
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 10/21/2010 1:56 PM, Barry Shein wrote:
> Well, if the DNS root servers ceased IPv4 service it'd be pretty much
> a fait accompli as far as the public internet is concerned.
Given the reality of fragmenting the DNS -- including its root -- that's an
action that well might backfire. Current fragmentation is constrained; this
could plausibly motivate more people to pursue other paths and thereby blow
things up.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
