Re: The IETF and the SmartGrid

From: Dave CROCKER <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>
To: ietf at ietf.org
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:45:22 -0700
In-reply-to: <4ACAA3A9.3030905 at gmail.com>
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Brian E Carpenter wrote:

On 2009-10-06 10:20, Richard Shockey wrote:

The Utility Industry does not understand the current IPv4 number exhaust
problem ...


Ironic, really, since IP addresses for every streetlight was one of
the favourite examples in the IPng days.

+1

EPRI was an active participant in the IETF IPng discussions, in the early 90s,back when other IETF folk were claiming that we had no immediate pressure forexpanded IP Addresses, and didn't have to solve this until 2010 or 2020...


EPRI was /already/ being turned down for IPv4 address blocks, back then!

d/
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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net

References:
- The IETF and the SmartGrid
  - From: Richard Shockey
- Re: The IETF and the SmartGrid
  - From: Brian E Carpenter

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