After re-reading MPLS, I could not said it's the broken technology' the MPLS over ATM with embedded QoS looks as something crazy anbd broken, not MPLS idea itself... But mix of MPLS, NAT and IPv6... br... a crowd of the hangry cats together... On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Vadim Antonov wrote:

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:13:07 -0700 From: Vadim Antonov <avg@kotovnik.com> To: alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net, jeanlou.dupont@na.marconicomms.com Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: ISP and NAT (question and some thoughts)

O, wow. Take two broken-as-designed technologies, mix together...

:)

--vadim

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I guess going to IPv6 would be simpler in this case. Or, we can maybe dream of some 'service locator' function tied to inter-domain MPLS tunnels...

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again, just food-for-thoughts. jld.

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