From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 12:17:15 PDT
To: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Subject: Re: Reserved DC-Net IP addresses - NOT!
In-Reply-To: <gate.0e91sc1w165w@dxm.ernet.in>
Message-ID: <9409212020.AA04634@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
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> 
> I don't agree. Apart from the IP address crunch that already poses a problem 
> for the IETF, I don't see why DC-Nets should be limited to specially allocated
> addresses. DC-Nets should be implemented a layer over protocols such as IP,
> or as extensions to them. It should be possible for _anyone_, regardless of 
> IP address (officially allocated DC-Net number) to connect with _any_ others
> on a DCN, with some software or other interfacing.
>


Ditto.

 
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