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Date:      Sat, 24 Jan 1998 15:51:41 -0500
From:      "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
To:        dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav)
Cc:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPv6 
Message-ID:  <199801242051.PAA05411@whizzo.TransSys.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "24 Jan 1998 11:30:39 %2B0100." <xzp3eiexiy8.fsf@gjallarhorn.ifi.uio.no> 
References:  <xzp4t2vb585.fsf@naglfar.ifi.uio.no> <19980123215037.17725@keltia.freenix.fr> <xzp3eiexiy8.fsf@gjallarhorn.ifi.uio.no> 

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> Remember that very soon, IPv6 will no longer be science-fiction or
> just a nifty toy, but a necessity. We are this >< close to exhausting
> the current 32-bit address space...

Uh, there is a big chunk of address space, previously identified as "class-A"
addresses, available.  If you're going to worry about reasons for moving
to IPv6, address space exhaustion in the next few years isn't one of them.

The problem isn't running out of addresses, it keeping the global
routing table size from exploding due to non-aggregatable routes.  





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