Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA
Tony Whyman <whyman@mwassocs.demon.co.uk> Tue, 18 May 1993 09:56 UTC
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From: Tony Whyman <whyman@mwassocs.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA
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John,
In your reply to Eric Fleischman, there's a point which I think should be
developed further:
> > SIP Con
> >
> >1) Since hierarchical addresses tend to be deployed in a "sparse" manner,
> >it unclear whether a 64 bit address space will adequately scale to meet
> >every conceivable future addressing scenario.
>
> It is pretty clear that any fixed length will never be enough.
This is a very significant issue as regards IPng selection and should be taken
up on the "criteria" list. Built-in obsolescence should no longer be an
acceptable feature of a communications protocol.
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- PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Eric Fleischman
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA John Day
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Steve Deering
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA John Day
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA John Day
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA John Day
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Steve Deering
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Ross Callon
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Tony Whyman
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA Tony Whyman
- Re: PROs/CONs of SIP/PIP/TUBA William Allen Simpson