Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Thu Sep 13 12:39:52 2007, Jeff McAdams wrote:
>> Mark Andrews wrote:
>> > Except there really is no vendor lock anymore. It is
>> > possible to automate the entire renumbering process. If
>> > there are spots where it is not automated then they should
>> > be found and fixed.
>>
>> Oh man, that's rich. Do you actually believe that?
> Welcome to the IETF, where dreams are made reality.
> I particularly agree with Mark's final sentence, there - if renumbering
> is a problem, let's solve it.
> FWIW, I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of renumbering activity
> *is* automated, we've simply forgotten that it's already done. We've got
> autoconf, we've got DHCP, we have oodles of technology that's deployed
> already.
Yes, automated technologies handle 80% or 90% or even 99% if you've been
draconian in designing your provisioning systems. Its that remnant that
makes the process infeasible, and that's not going to be fixed with
better protocol designs or technology implementations.
--
Jeff McAdams
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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