[144701] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Dunlap)
Fri Sep 16 18:20:43 2011
In-Reply-To: <8C26A4FDAE599041A13EB499117D3C286B56C069@ex-mb-1.corp.atlasnetworks.us>
From: Blake Dunlap <ikiris@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:19:29 -0500
To: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> 'Dear dedicated server customer, we're taking away your IPs, please don't
> be angry with us even though it will cost you untold hours of work to hunt
> down all the tiny implications of renumbering. Never mind the lost business
> it might cause if you miss something.'
>
> 'Dear internet access user who happens to run a bunch of IPSEC tunnels:
> Have fun fixing all your tunnels! Don't worry, we'll figure out an
> off-hours time that works for everyone, and that makes all the pain go away,
> right? You won't harbor any resentment, right?'
>
> (Wow, that comes off more bitter than I expected...)
>
> Oh well... Since new IPv4 allocations are fast approaching the same
> scarcity as unobtanium, I guess it's too late to worry about it now.
> Anyways, apparently IPv6 fixes all of this, or something.
>
> Nathan
>
>
Yeah I'm going through this fun right now at a company I work for.
Definately not pleasant for us or our customers.
-Blake
