Re: IPv6 will never fly: ARIN continues to kill it

[Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu>]

>>> 	my persistent question to the enterprise operator is this:
>>> 	how frequently do you plan to switch your isp, or how many times
>>> 	did you do that in the past?
>>>       
>> That's actually irrelevant.  Regardless of the real answer,  
>> enterprises are not willing to buy into vendor lock.
>>     
>
> 	Except there really is no vendor lock anymore.  It is
> 	possible to automate the entire renumbering process.
>   
I don't believe that for a millisecond.  There are way too many places
that IP addresses creep into the configuration of components from layer
3 all the way to layer 7 (and beyond).  The idea that "people shouldn't
do that" is just religion, and not a widely-held religion.



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