[136804] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quietly....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Sat Feb 5 05:20:27 2011
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:18:23 +0000
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <F432E474-9725-4159-870A-D5432FE6EE4D@delong.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
In article <F432E474-9725-4159-870A-D5432FE6EE4D@delong.com>, Owen
DeLong <owen@delong.com> writes
>What is important with IPv6 is to teach the generation of hammer-wielding
>mechanics who have grown up rarely seeing a screw and never knowing
>that there were wrenches that there are new tools available in IPv6.
>That screws or nuts and bolts can usually be superior to nails. That screws,
>nuts, and bolts work better if you install them with a screw driver or a wrench.
>That small brads lack structural integrity and that lag screws or bolts provide
>a superior structural hold when installed properly. That attempting to hammer
>every screw into a NAT-hole will destroy both the screw and the NAT-hole in
>most cases.
This is all very true, but doesn't qualify (for my small-enterprise
target audience) as "not noticing the difference" when the upstream
network swaps from IPv4 to IPv6. I wonder what's the best way to get
them up the necessary learning curve?
[Maybe I should write a book about it]
--
Roland Perry
