ipv6 reverse delegation

Bill Manning bmanning@ISI.EDU
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:50:25 -0700 (PDT)


% > % What of rfc3152, deprecating IP6.INT in favor of IP6.ARPA - "the old
% > % usage is not appropriate for new implementations" - should we plan on
% > % using ip6.arpa anytime soon on the 6bone?
% > % 
% > 	ip6.arpa is an interesting idea and has been slowly
% > 	working its way through the IESG/IAB approval process.
% > 	It was not the product of an IETF WG and was driven
% > 	strictly by political interest
%
% right you name it ..
% should one really be so keen
% to do everything US-Goverment tells us to?

	In this case, its the IESG/IAB forcing a change
	that has zero technological basis.  Odd work for the
	IESG/IAB, who are supposed to be political agnostics.
	The USG has little to do with it.

--bill