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RE: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course


From: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan () atlasnetworks us>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:19:00 +0000

If an expert stood up in court and said "the chances that this
fingerprint is the defendant's are a million to one", and the
prosecutor then said "Aha! So you admit it's *possible*!" we would
rightly scorn the prosecutor for being an innumerate nincompoop. Yet
here we are paying serious heed to the idea that a ULA prefix conflict
is a real business risk.

Yes, but if this prosecutor does this a million times, he's bound to be right at least once.

Yes, a good businessperson takes risks.  They also do everything possible to mitigate those risks, such as background 
checks on employees, lightning rods and grounding systems and insurance on the electronics in the building, buy 
generators and fuel contracts or source an emergency workplace.  Yes, a crazy employee may get through a background 
check, but if the question is the presence of an attempt and prevention, then what is the risk mitigation for ULA?

Best Regards,
Nathan Eisenberg



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