[22762] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Incompetance abounds at the InterNIC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Wed Jan 20 20:20:36 1999
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:51:47 -0500
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199901201749.LAA02730@whistler.intur.net>; from Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net> on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:49:23AM -0600
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:49:23AM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
> When you trace these interconnects around and include all the businesses that
> are connected to each other, although not entirely routeable to each other,
> the numbers become staggering. Now toss in the logistics of assignment and
> allocation strategies, and the politics of the larger companies demanding big
> pieces, you eat that 10/8 up in a heart beat.
Then put them on the damned Net. If they protocols, security and
hardware aren't yet up to it, _fix_ _them_.
Cheers,
-- jra
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