Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
Then it was "what can we do with what we can afford" now it's more like "What can we do with what we have (or can actually get)"?
Like, working on better software...
Like, deploying the other 300 million IPv4 addresses that are currently lying around unused. They remain formally unused due to three interlocking supply chain problems: at IETF, ICANN, and vendors. IETF's is caused by a "we must force everyone to abandon trailing edge technology" attitude. ICANN's is because nobody is sure how to allocate ~$15B worth of end-user value into a calcified IP address market dominated by government-created regional monopolies doing allocation by fiat. Vendors have leapfrogged the IETF and ICANN processes, and most have deployed the key one-line software patches needed to fully enable these addresses in OS's and routers. Microsoft is the only major vendor seemingly committed to never doing so. Our project continues to track progress in this area, and test and document compatability. John IPv4 Unicast Extensions Project