[lacnog] IPv6 Transitional Uncertainties

[Fernando Gont]

Carlos,

On 09/13/2011 07:15 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> Thanks much, Geoff Huston! This is a sort of relief for me -- and makes
> me worry even more. Finally a "cappo dei cappi" presents a reality check
> account of the situation, and I quote one of the most relevant parts of
> his article:
> 
> "There an additional challenge here that is formidable, and one that was
> largely unforeseen when IPv6 was being designed. At the time there was
> the general impression that the telecommunications industry behaved
> prudently, and given the warnings of the prospect of exhaustion of the
[...]

I wouldn't say this was unforeseen. Please see RFC 1669 (entitled
"Market Viability as a IPng Criteria"), available at:
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1669.txt>.

Note: The aforementioned RFC dates back to 1994.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
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