Re: myth of the great transition (was US Defense Department forma lly adopts IPv6)

[Eric Rescorla <ekr at rtfm.com>]

James Seng <jseng at pobox.org.sg> writes:

> Why should the users be limited to what IT managers decide is good or bad?
> 
> Internet is build on dumb network, smart terminal. End-users are
> suppose to be able to put up their own services, not just running some
> apps. This has been the Internet principles and have serves us well so
> far.
No large production network can run this way. The end machines are 
simply too vulnerable. Without firewally and service restriction,
you'll have your entire network compromised very quickly.

-Ekr

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[Eric Rescorla                                   ekr at rtfm.com]
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