Re: problem dealing w/ ietf.org mail servers

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Tue, 08 July 2008 18:41 UTC

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41:32 -0400
From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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> 1) I do understand where the current "last 64 bits are EUId" comes from.
> 
> 2) Someone (I think it was Keith Moore) said that if the scheme doesn't 
> work for servers AND hosts (i.e no difference) it's a bad scheme. I sort 
> of agree with that, but the reason it doesn't work for servers is simply 
> lack of management tools, and the fact that a lot of protocols / 
> implementations tend to use addresses rather than names.

I disagree that it doesn't work for servers.   (Or it would be better to 
say that I'd like to know why you think it doesn't work for servers.)

Keith
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