On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 12:08:30AM +1000, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > interestingly, some software vendors ship w/ license > > keys tied to IP addresses... particularly for enterprise > > level stuff. not so easy to update in my experience. > > I've always thought that practice to be STUPID. It was > stupid 15 years ago and it is still stupid today. Yes > I've had to renumber sites with keys tied to IP addresses. stupid or not, it exists and is not ammenable to automation. > > David is correct, scale does have its own set of renumbering > > problems. While i believe you, i think your confidence > > is based on some naieve assumptions. > > I'm not saying scale doesn't have problems. Automation > however is the solution to those problems. That's why > management stations were invented. automation can augment renumbering events, but until we have a fundamental change in architecture, renumbering will require human intervention and will always be disruptive. --bill Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf