Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:09:52
Message-Id: 201106101630.17137.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm by Joost Roeleveld
1 Apparently, though unproven, at 15:17 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost Roeleveld
2 did opine thusly:
3
4 > On Friday 10 June 2011 17:08:40 Pandu Poluan wrote:
5 > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
6 > > > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote:
7 > > >> -original message-
8 > > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm
9 > > >> From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
10 > > >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52
11 > > >>
12 > > >> >And another bonus is that there are plenty of
13 > > >>
14 > > >> funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;)
15 > > >>
16 > > >> While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my workstation, I'm
17 > > >> not sure upper management will appreciate me naming some servers
18 > > >> DEAD:BEEF or BAD:D06 or A55:401E ... :-P
19 > > >
20 > > > If you don't tell them and, when they do notice, tell them that
21 > > > changing the IPs is not recommended due to possible issues with the
22 > > > installed software, you might get away with that.
23 > > >
24 > > > Although, why reserve those for servers instead of said management? ;)
25 > >
26 > > There's playing with fire, and there's playing with FIRE. :D
27 >
28 > Considering I regularly play with Nitro mixtures and sharp blades spinning
29 > around through the air, playing with FIRE isn't too bad :)
30 >
31 > Besides, how many managers do you have that actually check the IP-addresses
32 > the DHCP server gives their machines "randomly"? :)
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35 You have managers that know what an IP address is?
36
37 Wow....
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41 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>