[address-policy-wg] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or how to make it lessdestructive

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 06:54:58PM +0200, Roger Jorgensen wrote:

> > IPv6 has made it possible to renumber the network almost automatically.
> > it seems possible to make that change without a "flag day" and an outage.
> > however, the tools are mostly *NOT* there for similarly easy renumbering
> > of router ACLs and firewall configs and DNS, so as the size of the network
> > increases, large organizations are saying there is still a significant
> > cost to renumbering (at this time...).  one can only hope that appropriate
> > tools will be developed to make full renumbering reasonably painless.
> exactly! Let's use the time creatig the tools, create some standards and 
> guidelines on HOWTO renumber instead of spending time reduing the same 
> mistakes done in IPv4. We now have the change to save ourself from alot of 
> trouble ~10-15years into the future...

Your wording implies PI was a mistake in IPv4. I think it is one of the
reasons for its success, not a mistake.

Nils