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John Curran supposedly said: > > At 17:25 1/7/97, John W. Stewart III wrote: > >conventions are fine > > > >and it's helpful to users and operators alike for names to > >contain a fair amount of information > > > >but "standardizing" with fixed-width fields, pop codes, > >next-hop router, etc. doesn't seem that productive when > >providers are gonna do what they want anyway. > > No... we're going to mandate OID-style router names > for the world's Internet providers: > > <isoc-tree>.<internet-infrastructure branch>. > <iso country code>.<city ordinal>.<provider #>. > <facility #>.<rack #>.<shelf #>.<router ordinal> > > Great fun to watch (it could be happening this way > in the alternate universe next door.) > > ;-) > /John > > > Which is exactly why I asked the question if people are serious about this. I have great fun specifying things (hey thats why I like the IETF :-) and would happily spend a few hours coming up with all sorts of great specifications but I want to know if they have any chance of being adopted. ---> Phil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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