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

[Bill Manning <bmanning at ISI.EDU>]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 12:08:30AM +1000, Mark Andrews wrote:
> 
> > 	interestingly, some software vendors ship w/ license
> > 	keys tied to IP addresses... particularly for enterprise
> > 	level stuff.  not so easy to update in my experience.
> 
> 	I've always thought that practice to be STUPID.  It was
> 	stupid 15 years ago and it is still stupid today.  Yes
> 	I've had to renumber sites with keys tied to IP addresses.

	stupid or not, it exists and is not ammenable to automation.
	
> > 	David is correct, scale does have its own set of renumbering
> > 	problems.  While i believe you, i think your confidence
> > 	is based on some naieve assumptions.
> 
> 	I'm not saying scale doesn't have problems.  Automation
> 	however is the solution to those problems.  That's why
> 	management stations were invented.

	automation can augment renumbering events, but until we
	have a fundamental change in architecture, renumbering will require
	human intervention and will always be disruptive.

--bill
Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).


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