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

[Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>]

> Mark,
> 
> > 	Except there really is no vendor lock anymore.  It is
> > 	possible to automate the entire renumbering process.  If
> > 	there are spots where it is not automated then they should
> > 	be found and fixed.
>
> You must have access to technology that at least I'm
> not aware of.  We can automate some parts of the process,
> like hosts can get new addresses via RA, DHCP, and we
> have some tools for renumbering routers. But what about
> addresses embedded in firewall configs, applications,
> DNS, etc?

	For the DNS use UPDATE to update the address records.
	For firewall configs. See your firewall vendor.
	Very very applications need raw addresses.  Use the DNS.
 
> Jari
> 
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