Subject: [Int-area] New mailing list [Re: Starting some discussion on renumbering]

From: Brian E Carpenter <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:42:18 +1300

The [email-masked] mailing list now exists. This list is for
discussion of how to improve IP address renumbering mechanisms.

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Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 2010-11-11 20:55, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> RFC 5887 (Renumbering still needs work) was published in May 2010.
> 
> I will assume that you've read it. It isn't a philosophical
> document; it is meant to be technical.
> 
> So, the problem is that in any future scenario, site renumbering
> will sometimes be needed, but remains very hard and impractical
> for most sites. RFC 5887 justifies these statements.
> 
> What are we going to do about it?
> - Is IPv4 site renumbering a lost cause?
> - Should we focus entirely on IPv6? That is probably easier in several
>   ways (new deployment for most sites, not constrained by a shortage
>   of prefixes)
> - We need a gap analysis. Is the gap analysis in RFC 5887 sufficient?
> - In any case we should focus on what is doable, and put other problems
>   on the "too hard" pile.
> 
...
> Remember that the cut-off for BOF requests for IETF 80 will be somewhere
> round the end of January. Not much time...
>