[88761] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a radical proposal (Re: protocols that don't meet the need...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (william(at)elan.net)
Thu Feb 16 14:24:35 2006
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:23:57 -0800 (PST)
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
To: David Meyer <dmm@1-4-5.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20060216184132.GA23042@1-4-5.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, David Meyer wrote:
> One of the first things I ever learned from Yakov (at the
> first IETF I ever attended):
>
> "Addressing can follow topology or topology can follow
> addressing. Choose one."
So which one was it when you guys were developing ipv6 in late 1990s?
(or more correctly which one did you think you were doing because I
think its still up for debates considering PI allocation issues, etc)
> He has since pointed out that this may not be strictly
> true when considering VPN technologies.
>
> Dave
