On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 07:30:31AM -0800, ext Eric Rescorla wrote: > At Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:39:32 -0800, David Kessens wrote: > > Basically, anybody who cannot survive without 60 minutes of network > > connectivity during an IETF and who has not taken measures to provide > > for backup connectivity during *any* outage cannot be taken serious. > > Of course one can survive 60 minutes of network outage. I could > also survive a broken finger, but I'm still carefeful when I > use a hammer. Just because people could survive an outage is > no reason to inflict one on ourselves. This issue will only develop into an outage if you bring the wrong survival tools: I suggest you leave your hammer home and make sure that you can use ipv6 only. There is no rocket science here. People have done this before. David Kessens PS If there is a need for hammers in order to break fingers or to make ipv6 working, I suspect one can easily borrow one from the construction crews --- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf