[rrg] Summary of architectural solution space

[Scott Brim]

Tony Li allegedly wrote, On 11/24/08 5:05 PM:
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> 
> |> Interesting.  So you're saying that it's perfectly ok for 
> |the operational
> |> folks to set aside the stated routing architecture and do 
> |something else?
> |
> |Not exactly, but I think we do have to try to make future technology
> |intersect with reality.
> 
> 
> Or make reality intersect with future technology...

We need to make it clear if something isn't possible or if it will
really hurt the Internet.  But we need to acknowledge where the network
operators want to go.  "provider-independent" addressing isn't a threat
in itself unless we demonstrate that there is no good way to support it.