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Re: Multihoming - Resilience or Independence

  • To: Masataka Ohta < >
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  • From: Poul-Henning Kamp < >
  • Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:05:55 +0200

In message <200110102151.GAA26904@localhost>, Masataka Ohta wr
ites:

>> But that doesn't change the fact that people will still want a
>> solution now, that neither "go to IPv6" nor "wait for IPv6" will
>> satisfy them and that ISP's who are able to meet this demand will
>> make more money than ISP's who can't...
>
>Huh? It's you who asked about IPv6.

No, I didn't ask, I pointed out that there were _still_ neither an
established technique nor a policy for IPv6 in this area.

>Anyway, I think we will use up IPv4 address space before IPv4-style
>multihoming kills the backbone. It will happen within 3 years.

I think you will see a lot of IPv4 space reclaimed by force will
be able to put IPv4 on life-support for a LONG time...

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