SS> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:05:36 -0600 SS> From: Stephen Sprunk SS> > Unfortunately, that involves change from the status quo, and thus SS> > altruistic action. SS> SS> Only when self-interest and altruism are coincident is the latter SS> consistently achieved. Witness BCP38, spam/worm cleanup, prefix deaggregation. If the past is any indication of the future... SS> > The alternative, of course, is to wait for IDR to implode and let the SS> > finger-pointing begin. SS> SS> ... which is what I expect to happen. A few folks will see it coming, SS> design a fix, and everyone will deploy it overnight when they discover they SS> have no other choice. Isn't that about what happened with CIDR, in a SS> nutshell? Those who do not study (or remember) history... Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter.