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From: Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:07:50
Message-Id: 1411735.7Wzxds3ylK@eve
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm by Pandu Poluan
1 On Friday 10 June 2011 17:08:40 Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
3 > > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote:
4 > >> -original message-
5 > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
6 > >> From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
7 > >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52
8 > >>
9 > >> >And another bonus is that there are plenty of
10 > >>
11 > >> funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;)
12 > >>
13 > >> While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my workstation, I'm
14 > >> not sure upper management will appreciate me naming some servers
15 > >> DEAD:BEEF or BAD:D06 or A55:401E ... :-P
16 > >
17 > > If you don't tell them and, when they do notice, tell them that changing
18 > > the IPs is not recommended due to possible issues with the installed
19 > > software, you might get away with that.
20 > >
21 > > Although, why reserve those for servers instead of said management? ;)
22 >
23 > There's playing with fire, and there's playing with FIRE. :D
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25 Considering I regularly play with Nitro mixtures and sharp blades spinning
26 around through the air, playing with FIRE isn't too bad :)
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28 Besides, how many managers do you have that actually check the IP-addresses
29 the DHCP server gives their machines "randomly"? :)
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31 --
32 Joost

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Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>