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Re: Off topic: Any one know of a good IPV6 reference book?


From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:26:21 -0400

.Peter Busser wrote:
It is easy enough to flame someone/something, but that doesn't mean much unless
you provide an alternative that works. 

No, wait, you don't understand how it works. The time that design
alternatives should be examined is *BEFORE* code gets written.
Back in the day, many alternatives to the overcomplex approaches
taken in IPV6 were offered, but the priesthood was dead set on
doing a Big New Protocol. After a while, the sensible people
decided they had other things to do.

Now? Now it's too _late_

mjr. 

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