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Subject: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:16:31 -0700
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> 
> Again, no one is interested in this problem yet because vendors really
> don't want their customers to demand more knobs.  Cisco is the only
> vendor who has done anything at all.  If you read about their knob,
> you immediately realize that it is a knob to control the failure mode
> of the box, not to "fix" anything.  Why?  It can't be "fixed" without
> not using /64 (or similar) or going to the extreme lengths I outline
> in those slides.
> 
While it can't be "fixed", controlling the failure mode is adequate in
the vast majority of cases.

Beyond that, it becomes increasingly academic and purist-oriented
rather than operational.

Owen

References:
- Why is IPv6 broken?
  - From: networkjoe at hotmail.com (Bob Network)
- Why is IPv6 broken?
  - From: jsw at inconcepts.biz (Jeff Wheeler)
- Why is IPv6 broken?
  - From: dmiller at tiggee.com (David Miller)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: jeroen at unfix.org (Jeroen Massar)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: bicknell at ufp.org (Leo Bicknell)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: jsw at inconcepts.biz (Jeff Wheeler)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: jsw at inconcepts.biz (Jeff Wheeler)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: mysidia at gmail.com (Jimmy Hess)
- Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
  - From: jsw at inconcepts.biz (Jeff Wheeler)

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