To:
randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Cc:
bmanning@isi.edu (Bill Manning), perry@wasabisystems.com (Perry E. Metzger), seamus@bit-net.com (Jim Bound), users@ipv6.org, dnsop@cafax.se (dns op wg), ngtrans@sunroof.eng.sun.com
From:
Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>
Date:
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:58:21 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To:
<E14JETZ-0004sj-00@rip.psg.com> from "Randy Bush" at Jan 18, 2001 04:47:37 AM
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: IPv6 dns
% % > % an example of a worry is cache poisoning of an antique v4 bind. % > % ---- % > % and there are thousands of vulnerable v4 binds still out there. % > % > One might argue that we have only applied the carrot. % > We still have broken/vulnerable code, some pushing % > 15 years w/o an upgrade. Perhaps its time to apply % > a stick and let folks know that things will stop working % > or won't be the same unless they upgrade. % % there are people who don't think it's prudent engineering to break the net % to get people to do something. silly things about technical and social % responsibility now that the net has grown a bit bigger than boys and their % toys. % % of course there are folk with the opposite opinion. And these folks tend to win operational/engineering arguments, otherwise we'd still be running: RIP, NCP, BGPv1, BGPv2, BGPv3, Sometimes, you've got to cut the cord. % % randy % -- --bill