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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Unregistered addresses [Re: Map Frame Relay Question]
Per, > This is the second time in just a couple of weeks I've seen mail from > people apparently believing that unregistered addresses are supposed > to work in the Net. Has the Net come so far that ignorance and > cluelessness is so widespread among people trying to manage boxes > that they think officially allocated addresses is a refinement? > A kind of dotting of i's and crossing of t's, not really necessary? > Like cars drive just fine without licence plates? > > Heaven knows there's enough people who think the whole thing works by > some strange magic, but the current apparent trend is verging on the > absurd. Don't you (only sometimes) think that the number of weekend drivers on the Internet-road is increasing, just like the number of prefixen in the default free routers of the Internet (hint for weekend drivers: these are the routers that have a clue)? BTW, see ftp://ftp.nic.surfnet.nl/surfnet/net-management/ip/nets.ps for the latest update on the number of prefixen. :-). __ Erik-Jan. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |