Daniel, Surely you cannot conceive a time when the IP address' are the domain of everyone. The growth of the Internet / Networking within the last 5 years shows you that our current addressing schema is inadequate for the future demand, if you extrapolate the current growth in line the growth in births and longevity of folks then this says in itself that we can expect an addressing schema aimed at the "man on the street" and another one for business and a third for the backbone and a fourth for the hell of it. A single IP address' combined with the mobility factor will make it a very attractive future, why not get involved and start the WG for it now. The future is not that far away. Regards Mark Paton CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng Mercury Network Systems Limited +44 585 649051 http://www.mnsl.org "Mercury Network Systems - The Unstoppable Force" This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information if you are not, or suspect that you are not, the named addressee or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please telephone us immediately. Please note that we cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. The views of the author may not necessarily reflect those of the Company. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Senie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 December 1999 21:10 To: Perry E. Metzger Cc: J. Noel Chiappa; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IP network address assignments/allocations information? "Perry E. Metzger" wrote: > If you mean RSIP, RSIP is even further from deployment than > v6. Indeed, I'd say that RSIP is a clever but utterly dead end idea. I too would rather see effort put into IPv6... if it's going to happen, let's get going, though... it's been in the oven too long. There's one scenario about IPv6 which worries me, and which may well make RSIP and NAT in a pure IPv6 world a reality. Today we have LOTS of folks using NAT(NAPT really) for connecting to cable modems and DSL lines. Some folks are doing this for dialups too. It's the model for "home networking" today. Will ISPs be willing to assign a block of addresses in the future to home networks? What does that mean when the access is a dialup? Sooner or later, we'll have providers handing out a single IPv6 address to any home user customer, just as is done today with IPv4 addresses. It is for this user population that RSIP will likely be a real issue. One of the things to think about is that while there is use of various NAT flavors in corporate environments, it is or will be nearly ubiquitous in the home market. Linux and Windows both include credible, functional NAPT solutions today. Is it ugly? Sure. Is there any chance it'll stop being attractive to the home user? Unlikely. -- ------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Daniel Senie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranthnetworks.com
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