Re: IPv6 news

[Paul Jakma <paul () clubi ie>]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Michael.Dillon () btradianz com wrote:

> I agree that the end state is *NOT* 100% multihoming. It is too 
> complex for most people and there is no business justification for 
> it. But an awful lot of business customers will be able to justify 
> multihoming. That is part and parcel of the "mission critical" 
> Internet.

Portability is another aspect. You mightn't need multihoming for 
failover (don't know about you, but my ISP is plenty reliable), but 
you might want the ability to be "multihomed over time".

Course, IPv6 makes renumbering really easy, so maybe that argument is 
moot.

regards,
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