RE: ocean: do not boil

["Bound, Jim" <Jim.Bound@hp.com>]

I agree in context usually.  What I am saying is that users in this case cannot be told to use relays.  Some may listen and some may not.  Those that don't will ignore it.

And I am not convinced we should be building relays in the IETF but I see your point.

/jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Moore [mailto:moore@cs.utk.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:24 AM
> To: Bound, Jim
> Cc: Brian E Carpenter; Keith Moore; Hesham Soliman (EAB); Bob Hinden;
> Margaret Wasserman; Randy Bush; Bob Fink; Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino;
> v6ops@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: Re: ocean: do not boil 
> 
> 
> > If the v6ops even try to address this they are going to not be 
> > listened too.  Its none of the IETFs business.
> 
> oh, that's silly.  developing mechanisms to allow apps to 
> cope with a mixture
> of v4 and v6 is certainly within IETF's business.
> 
> the reason it won't be listened to is because having apps do 
> their own addressing
> and routing is simply too difficult for most implementors.    
> it will be easier to 
> arrange for v6 everywhere (by shipping 6to4 and/or Teredo 
> drivers with the app)
> than to build ad hoc networks at layer 7.
> 
> 
> Keith
>