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Re: that 4byte ASN you were considering...


From: "David W. Hankins" <David_Hankins () isc org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:41:42 -0700

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 02:53:53PM -0500, Joe Abley wrote:
On 10-Oct-2006, at 12:01, David W. Hankins wrote:
But it's just /weird/ to ask the IETF to have this kind of
role...one it has never had to my memory, and seeks constantly
not to fulfill.

It's not so weird when you realise that the notation adopted has an  
impact on other IETF work (RPSL is the obvious example that springs  
to mind).

I think you misunderstand me...

It's not weird that this document exists.

It is weird, to me, that people who have concerns about their
router's configuration syntax expect to be able to take this up
with the IETF, rather than their router manufacturer.

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