In message <20121123021341.2672.qm...@joyce.lan>, "John Levine" writes: > >> Agreed. Why do you think that a host that is not a server and will > >> never be contacted by (non-malicious) other hosts needs a name? > > > >Because servers out there won't allowing it access without a name. > >I know this is stupid but they exist. > > Given a choice between rolling out complex and fragile rDNS systems, > and telling people with such servers that the IPv6 world is different, > I know what I'd do. > > >> PS: If you were planning to say that with the magic of IPv6, everyone will > >> be able to run servers on their home cable connection, don't bother. > > > >I expect to have fibre to the home within 5 years as part of the > >NBN rollout here in Aus. With that there is no good reason discourage > >running servers at home as there are with asymetric access technologies > >like cable and aDSL. > > Nothing personal, but if you think that upload speed has anything to > do with the rules against servers on consumer broadband, you don't > understand the internet access business very well. (Hint: ADSL > uptream bandwidth is unshared to the DSLAM.)
There are lots of reasons. Most of which don't make any sense at all if you examine them critically. If you are paying for bits to be moved it should matter where they are being moved from. > R's, > John -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
