On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 09:27:55PM +0100, JFC (Jefsey) Morfin allegedly wrote: > At 17:52 18/11/2004, Scott W Brim wrote: > >That's funny. I recall that when we started we expected it to *last* 15 > >years, or less, during which time we would come up with a truly new > >routing & addressing architecture. > > any hint of what was dreamed at that time ? The real issue is here. We will > certainly go THROUGH IPv6 just in order to get a /128 plan, on our way to > the /256 one. The real issue is what is going to be the new routing > architecture? > jfc That was a long time ago and we've been through quite an evolution in our thinking, including (as Frank Kastenholz points out) realizing that anything we did was going to have to last a long time -- no stopgaps -- and a lot of work on architecture that is still going on. swb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf