Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems

Danny McPherson <danny@arbor.net> Fri, 12 February 2010 16:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems
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On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:

> I really think that the conversation about ipv4/ipv6 and route-scaling
> has to understand that for the foreseeable future we're going to have
> to deal with both ip protocols... and in 25-30 (maybe more) years a
> third protocol.

Indeed, hence my "long term transitional coexistence" phrasing :-)

-danny