The FCC digital TV guideline is a bad example. There is no credibility in a plan that says that the govt. is going to cut off their primary means of outreach to voters. The networks know that and are acting accordingly. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Staff [mailto:nick.staff@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:16 PM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: NATs as firewalls > > > From: David Morris [mailto:dwm@xxxxxxxxx] On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Nick > > Staff wrote: > > > > > I think the thing that would help IPv6 the most would be > the setting > > of a > > > hard date when no new IPv4 addresses would be issued. This would > > make it > > > real for everyone and ignite the IPv6/IPv4 gateway market > (I think). > > Not to > > > mention we'd never have to have another debate over when IPv4 was > > going to > > > run out which might be benefit enough in itself ;) > > > > What a lawsuit mess that would be ... artificial limits would never > > work. > > I think the US FCC Digital Broadcast Deadline is a good > example - though more drastic than I was suggesting. > > I think artificial limits are inevitable unless the intention > is to support > IPv4 until there's no one left in the world who wants to use > it (and even > that is an artificial limit). I also don't understand what > is gained by a > sliding doomsday other than procrastination, avoidance, and a > neutered stimulus. I mean if IPv4 addresses are going to run > out wouldn't it be better to know exactly when? In my > opinion you make it real if you give it a date but until then > it's like saying "smoking may cause cancer". If any smoker > knew for a fact that the next drag on a cigarette would give > them cancer they'd never smoke again. If a network manager > knew that in 7 years all new address space would be IPv6 it > would become a consideration from that point forward. In my opinion. > > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf