Re: the race to the bottom problem

Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Sat, 07 November 2020 23:56 UTC

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Mark Smith wrote on 07/11/2020 23:41:
> They're not assumptions if you have first hand experience of the history 
> of the rise of IPv4 address conservation measures, and can remember what 
> IPv4 addressing practices and mindsets were before IPv4 addresses became 
> precious.

btdt, thanks.

> The address conservation mindset is even more distinct and 
> distinguishable when you've actually taught it through teaching IPv4 
> VLSM in the mid 90s.

this looks very much like an appeal to authority.  We're better than this.

So once again, let's try to keep the topic about actual data concerning 
ipv6 and this "race to the bottom" as it relates to ipv6.

Nick