Re: DoD IP Space

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> On Feb 11, 2021, at 05:55 , Izaac <izaac () setec org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 04:04:43AM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > without creating partitioned networks.
>
> Ridiculous.  Why would you establish such a criteria?  The defining
> characteristic of rfc1918 networks is that they are partitioned.
>
> The ability to recognize and exploit partitions within a network,
> natural or otherwise, is the measure of competence in a network
> engineer.
>
> Stop making excuses.

Ridiculous… TCP/IP was designed to be a peer to peer system where each endpoint was uniquely
addressable whether reachable by policy or not.

IPv6 restores that ability and RFC-1918 is a bandaid for an obsolete protocol.

Stop making excuses and let’s fix the network.

Owen