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RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!

2000-08-03 21:40:04


why not consider all the dimentions, ever heard of polyfractal space ?

(sorry couldn't resist it ;-> )

Jim






"Evstiounin, Mikhail" <Mikhail(_dot_)Evstiounin(_at_)ca(_dot_)com> on 
03/08/2000 19:33:50

Sent by:  "Evstiounin, Mikhail" <Mikhail(_dot_)Evstiounin(_at_)ca(_dot_)com>


To:   "Dawson, Peter D" <Dawson.Peter @EMERYWORLD.COM>, ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
cc:    (Jim Stephenson-Dunn/C/HQ/3Com)
Subject:  RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!



Well, there are 8 computers in my house, and I don't count future IP enabled
appliances. At my work place (building take probably about 0.7 hectares or
less and this only one site) more than 700 computers:-). In any case, my
point is that we should consider 3rd dimension also:-)

-----Original Message-----
From:   Dawson, Peter D [SMTP:Dawson(_dot_)Peter(_at_)EMERYWORLD(_dot_)COM]
Sent:   Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:59 AM
To:     ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject:     RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!

v6 address space works out to about 1500 address
per sq  mtr of the earth's surface...
NOW..how many house fit on 1 sqm ?

->-----Original Message-----
->From: Parkinson, Jonathan 
[mailto:Jonathan(_dot_)Parkinson(_at_)COMPAQ(_dot_)COM]
->Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 10:23 AM
->To: 'Rakers, Jason'; 'Dennis Glatting'; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
->Subject: RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!
->
->
->Err I think that would take some thinking about ? How many
->houses are there
->in the world!
->
->-----Original Message-----
->From: Rakers, Jason [mailto:jrakers(_at_)alleghenyenergy(_dot_)com]
->Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:41 PM
->To: 'Dennis Glatting'; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
->Subject: RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!
->
->
->When household appliances begin becoming IP addressable, I
->think we will see
->a move towards assigning an Internet IP address per household
->(much like
->today's street address).  The household will perform NAT for
->all devices
->within (one street address can house many people, not just one).
->
->