28 Jun
2007
28 Jun
'07
6:06 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:00:36 BST, Alexander Harrowell said:
1. IPv4 address space is a scarce resource and it will soon be exhausted.
2. It hasn't run out already due to various efficiency improvements.
3. These are themselves limited.
4. IPv6, though, will provide abundant address space.
5. But there's no incentive to change until enough others do so to make it worthwhile.
6. Economists call this a collective action problem. Traditional solutions include legislation, market leadership, and agreements among small actors to achieve such leadership.
7. RFC2827 flame-fests on NANOG have gotten boring. Let's have them for IPv6 instead. :)