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Re: [Idr] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-idr-as4bytes-11.txt

Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie> Tue, 11 October 2005 18:54 UTC

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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Paul Jakma wrote:

> tend to be leaf sites). Indeed the 'backbone' of the internet could stay OLD 
> forever, with edge ASes NEW and it'd still work fine.

NB: That's not to say this would be a good thing. It'd be /far/ 
better if everyone got themselves NEW capable long before the first 
4-byte AS appears.

Just the draft /would/ allow for NEW functionality to just sit at the 
edges. (But then switching the remaining transit ASes to NEW would be 
murder).

regards,
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Paul Jakma	paul@clubi.ie	paul@jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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