Hi Randy, At 20:50 02/02/12, Randy Bush wrote:
Agreed. As some of us think it would be a good thing to push IPv6 onwards, we de-emphasize conservation right now, and emphasize easy access to address space.
this seems to be based on some idea that it is address space policy, as opposed to continuingly changing the policy, which is inhibiting the deployment of v6. this does not seem to be the case.
It DOES, although address policy is not only one factor, of course. It is true that the current provisional policy is too insufficient for Asian operators to deploy IPv6, which may not be the case in US though. I can give you some concrete examples happening in Japan if you like; confusion, misunderstanding and discouraging.... This is why we need a little bit better policy quickly.
But let's rethink whether all of our experience is fully appropriate in changed circumstances.
re-thinking is always good. acting before thinking is generally not.
It was a half year ago that the general idea of new policy was made public globally, in Taipei. Since then, our community have thought and discussed a lot, even though it is not enough. Was it you that proposed a good idea of "Interim Policy" because discussion would be otherwise endless? Regards, Takashi Arano