> I don't believe the RRG should do this.

I could read that to mean "we should not present an analysis of the
alternatives to support the recommendation". Am I misunderstanding
what you mean by "this"?

   Brian

On 2009-11-12 09:19, Scott Brim wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Brian E Carpenter
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Without being sure that I agree with you completely, Bill, I think
>> presenting a complete argument about these issues is very much
>> part of the architectural analysis that we need to back up
>> the final recommendation. We need an analysis for each of the
>> major classes of solution, and stateless NAT66 is one of them.
>> (NAT44 is hopelessly constrained by history and address space,
>> so doesn't seem to be a serious option anyway, IMHO.)
> 
> I don't believe the RRG should do this.  My point, way back, was that
> the RRG should recommend that the IETF do this, as input to planning
> overall routing engineering.  Lixia points out that NAT won't be
> everywhere, and that it will go away eventually (same as VA), but if it
> is in most places for the next 5 years that has an impact on how we
> chart the evolution of the routing and addressing architecture.  The
> possible paths to the ultimate goal affect the ultimate goal, and
> whether we ever get there.
> 
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