On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:49:13 +0700 Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> wrote:
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
The correct assumption is that most people will try and usually succeed at follow the specifications, as that is what is required to successfully participate in a protocol (any protocol, not just networking ones). IPv4 history has shown that most people will.
Specification <> application, as in new applications.
And, no, I don't think that 'most people will' - I've seen enough foolishness with regards to IPv4 misaddressing over the last quarter-century (pre- and post-CIDR) to share your optimism in that regard.
The Internet works most of the time doesn't it? I think that is evidence that most people get it right most of the time, and that misaddressing has minimal if any effect because it is ignored as non-complaint with the Internet's protocols (both implementation and operational ones). Usually the consequences of misaddressing are limited to those who've performed it. Mark