6 Mar
2003
6 Mar
'03
9:22 a.m.
32 bit AS numbers are possible, yes, but will not solve the core problem.
Not until Moore makes a 2^32 entries large routing table usable. My guess is that these issues are interdependent -- We will get routers that can handle these entries when there is an imminent risk that they will be necessary.
There are two sides to this. A) We need to buy time to get adoption of IPv6. Go for swamp or anything that is easy to implement. B) We need to fix IPv6. I am voting for 8+8 or 16+16. That will take time. We will need a way to migrate there that is relatively pain-free and that can cope with the swamp above. This will also make away with the Moore limitation (if such a thing exists). Who want's to write the drafts? - kurtis -