Re: The IPv4 or IPv6 Internet ?

[peterd at Bunyip.Com (Peter Deutsch)]

I'm sorry, I can't resist:

"Before I can route your packets across this network,
first you must answer these questions three:"

"What is your source address?"		"192.197.208.2"

"What is your destination address?"	"204.152.167.20"

"What is your preferred solution	"errr, I don't know that!"
to the DNS gTLD debate?"		<Aaaaiieeeeee...!!!!>

Of course, the good news is someone will eventually answer
the question correctly (ie. "Do you want the technical
solution or the political solution?" "errr, I don't know
that..." <Aaaaiieeee...!!>

The knight beside you will then ask "How do you get to
know so much about DNS?" and you answer "you have to know
these things to be king..."

But I forgot, we reject kings, voting and any suggestions
that this debate is inappropriate for the ietf list.

Sadly, it *is* appropriate for today's ietf list. I only
wish I could really understand why we could build a
network of millions of hosts in such a short time and
without any central planning, yet can't get this
particular problem to the point I can really understand it.

Maybe because it's not really about DNS. That's my current
guess, anyways.


				- peterd


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