[88766] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a radical proposal (Re: protocols that don't meet the need...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Meyer)
Thu Feb 16 16:26:46 2006
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:26:00 -0800
From: David Meyer <dmm@1-4-5.net>
To: "James R. Cutler" <james.cutler@consultant.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060216143607.02623b28@consultant.com>
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 02:42:49PM -0500, James R. Cutler wrote:
> Since meeting Yakov years ago, I have always tried to teach network=20
> designers to consider addressing and topology together.
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> It hasn't always worked. Many don't care about network population=20
> estimates and demographics, some don't recognize those terms, and, a=20
> few just want enough Class C networks to get their job done for the day.
Yep, very true.
Dave
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> Cutler
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> At 2/16/2006 10:41 AM -0800, David Meyer wrote:
> One of the first things I ever learned from Yakov (at the
> first IETF I ever attended):
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> "Addressing can follow topology or topology can follow
> addressing. Choose one."
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> He has since pointed out that this may not be strictly
> true when considering VPN technologies.
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> Dave
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> -
> James R. Cutler
> james.cutler@consultant.com
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