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Re: IPv4 address length technical design
From: Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 13:30:23 -0400
Don't change anything! That would...change things! Obviously my idea to use the host name directly as a src/dest address rather than convert it to an integer is not a small, incremental change. It's more in the realm of a speculative proposal. But I'm not sure that arguing that our string of bits (e.g., ipv6) is inherently superior to your proposed string of bits (a host name) is an immediately compelling objection. The objection which puzzles me the most is the implication that a numeric address locates a host or network directly or geographically rather than, as I understood it, by the tuple (address,route). Well, geographically? Since when, except at the very end of the routing sequence? "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win" -- Mahatma Gandhi -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs () TheWorld com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*
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- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Barry Shein (Oct 04)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Mark Andrews (Oct 04)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design George Herbert (Oct 04)
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- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Barry Shein (Oct 05)
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