Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread borg
Yes, you are right. And gradually IPv4 was improved and fixed. We learned how to defend L2. CIDR was added (with should be thing from the begining instead of netmasks, but who could forsee...) And in case of IPv6 it seems that all that experience was throwed out of window. Design was much differen

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread borg
While Im dont like IPv6, I see it as a bad idea. >From my knowledge I dont see a way of extending IPv4 without making it a new protocol. It was not designed that way. What I would LOVE to see that someone will pop in with new IP protocol that is much more similar to IPv4, just extends address spac

Re: Latest from ICANN: Quantum Computers + N85 Peering Forum

2022-03-18 Thread Masataka Ohta
Nanog News wrote: Latest from ICANN: Quantum Computers are "Interesting"… But Don't Lose your Head But, quantum computers are mocked up by theoretical physicists, IT amateurs who don't know basics of computational and/or information theory at all, and, as such, just do not work better than cla

For those in the Phoenix area - ARIN on the Road taking place 29 March 2022

2022-03-18 Thread John Curran
For those in the Phoenix area, there will be an ARIN on the Road taking place 29 March 2022 – an excellent opportunity to get any questions/concerns/issues addressed in person. See below for details. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers === ARIN

FCC docket on BGP routing vulnerabilities

2022-03-18 Thread Andrew Hadenfeldt
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/11/2022-05121/secure-internet-routing https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-inquiry-internet-routing-vulnerabilities (FCC) seeks comment on vulnerabilities threatening the security and integrity of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which is

Re: "Permanent" DST

2022-03-18 Thread J. Hellenthal via NANOG
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:51:56PM -0700, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote: > > > > On Mar 16, 2022, at 12:24 , Chris Adams wrote: > > > > Once upon a time, Owen DeLong said: > >> You’re right… Two changes to a single file in most cases: > >> > >> 1. Set the correct new timezone (e.g. MST for Cali

Zayo contact help?

2022-03-18 Thread Ray Bellis
Hi all, I have transit donated from Zayo at Equinix SV8 (529 Bryant St, Palo Alto) but it's so old that no-one at Zayo appears to know it exists and they can't find records of it. It probably dates to the MFN / Above.net days. If you can assist with discussions about delivery of that trans

Re: are underwater routers a thing?

2022-03-18 Thread Ethan O'Toole
I was reading an article in the Economist about a new fiber route down the Red Sea from Israel and wondered if there were any branches off of those lines and where the routers were for them. The route kind of made it look like it was completely at sea, but it would kind of make sense to leave th

Re: V6 still not supported Re: 202203181137.AYC

2022-03-18 Thread Abraham Y. Chen
Dear Matt: 1)    "... I would *love* to see IPv4 get extended, a software patch applied to devices, ...   ":    Please have a look at a concise whitepaper below that does what you are hoping for and more. It proposes an overlay architecture, called EzIP, tethered from the current Internet pro

Re: V6 still not supported Re: 202203181218.AYC

2022-03-18 Thread Abraham Y. Chen
Dear Borg: 1)    " ... I dont see a way of extending IPv4 without making it a new protocol.  ... new IP protocol that is much more similar to IPv4, just extends address space. ... ": I believe that you will be pleasantly surprised at the proposal summarized by the the below whitepaper. It pro

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread John Levine
It appears that Matt Hoppes said: >At this point I would *love* to see IPv4 get extended, a software patch >applied to devices, and IPv6 die a quick painless death. The people at the IETF may be shortsighted, but not *that* shortsighted. If adding 16 more /8's would have been enough, they would

Weekly Global IPv4 Routing Table Report

2022-03-18 Thread Routing Table Analysis Role Account
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Global IPv4 Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. The posting is sent to APOPS, NANOG, AfNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, SAFNOG TZNOG, MENOG, BJNOG, SDNOG, CMNOG, LACNOG and the RIPE Routing WG. Daily listings are sent to bgp-st...

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/18/22 1:23 AM, b...@uu3.net wrote: Yes, you are right. And gradually IPv4 was improved and fixed. We learned how to defend L2. CIDR was added (with should be thing from the begining instead of netmasks, but who could forsee...) And in case of IPv6 it seems that all that experience was thr

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via NANOG
Michael Thomas writes: > I really don't see why people think it's so different that v4. To me > back then it mostly seemed like v4 with bigger address. Then I suppose, like me, you were in favor of the TUBA proposal? :) -tih -- Most people who graduate with CS degrees don't understand the sig

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/18/22 12:54 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: Michael Thomas writes: I really don't see why people think it's so different that v4. To me back then it mostly seemed like v4 with bigger address. Then I suppose, like me, you were in favor of the TUBA proposal? :) We weren't part of the war

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Nathan Angelacos
On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 13:17 -0700, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > > We weren't part of the wars. What I saw was what eventually became ipv6 > and I remember talking to one of my coworkers about how hard he > thought it would be to implement. He concurred that he didn't think it > would be any big de

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Owen DeLong via NANOG
> What I would LOVE to see that someone will pop in with new IP protocol > that is much more similar to IPv4, just extends address space and fixes > some well know issues. (for example remove netmask and use prefixlen/CIDR). This shows a fundamental lack of understanding… Netmask and Prefixlen/C

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/18/22 1:31 PM, Nathan Angelacos wrote: On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 13:17 -0700, Michael Thomas wrote: We weren't part of the wars. What I saw was what eventually became ipv6 and I remember talking to one of my coworkers about how hard he thought it would be to implement. He concurred that he di

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread surfer
  On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:47:00 -0700, Michael Thomas wrote: I'd really like to understand what the requirements that are specific to v6 are that make it so much harder or bloated. Not product availability, but actual things that make it difficult to deploy. -

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/18/22 2:32 PM, sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:47:00 -0700, Michael Thomas wrote: I'd really like to understand what the requirements that are specific to v6 are that make it so much harder or bloated. Not product availability, but actual things that make it difficu

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread bzs
I remember in the 80s getting into a rather detailed debate with an OSI fan about how OSI put at least authorization into what we'd call the IP layer roughly, CLNP/CLNS/TP0-4. A lot of it came down to you send me your initial handshake and I first see if you're authorized and if not reject you r

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/18/22 6:18 PM, b...@theworld.com wrote: I remember in the 80s getting into a rather detailed debate with an OSI fan about how OSI put at least authorization into what we'd call the IP layer roughly, CLNP/CLNS/TP0-4. A lot of it came down to you send me your initial handshake and I first s

Re: V6 still not supported

2022-03-18 Thread bzs
I'll mention, as I often do at this point in this conversation over the past few decades, that nothing stops you from designing and implementing such a network and, for demonstration / proof of concept purposes at least, floating it on top of IP. Build a better mouse trap... On March 17, 2022 a