> > I don't think stability is the issue. global addrs need to > > be reasonably > > stable (which is to say, on the order of MTBFs for reliable machines) > > whether or not the prefix is provider-based, topology-based, or > > assigned to the site. the idea that a prefix can be changed > > at a whim > > is just a fantasy. > > Clearly you still live in the fantasy land where pleanty of addresses > were handed out 20 years ago, the birds sing, the air is always clean, > and the sun always shines... Changing prefixes is the new reality. I > know first hand as my ISP recently changed their subnet prefix & > allocations overnight without bothering to inform anyone.
Tony, This kind of statement is a personal attack and it has no place in IETF. Also, you apparently need to reread what I wrote, because you missed it the first time. Keith -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
