Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems

Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com> Fri, 12 February 2010 16:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Danny McPherson <danny@arbor.net> wrote:
>
> 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 :-)

Sorry, I meant 'there is no transition, there is only coexistence'
(from my perspective at least that seems to be what'll happen, of
course no crystal balls and only 5 computers ever will be needed.)

-Chris
(and I get that you == danny get this, but for the record I think we
should be clear that ipv4 ain't going away, ever)