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Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption


From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs () seastrom com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:52:40 -0400


"George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com> writes:

You are to be commended for your leadership in conserving space.  Our
children will surely be grateful that thanks to your efforts they have
99.99999% of IPv6 space left to work with rather than the paltry
99.9975% that might have been their inheritance were it not for your
efforts.  Bravo!

I have a feeling that IP addresses will now be used in ways that people
have not envisioned them being used before.  Given a surplus of any
resource, people find creative ways of using it. 

Which just reinforces the argument that we ought to give people /48s
rather than /56es, /60s, or /64s even though those with a failure of
imagination may not be able to figure out a reason anyone would need
that much space.

-r



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