[ppml] PIv6 for legacy holders (/w RSA + efficient use)
Randy Bush
randy at psg.com
Sun Jul 29 20:51:47 EDT 2007
Paul Vixie wrote:
>>> You may not care whether I deploy IPv6 now, but you'll care then.
>> no, because it's gonna be a dual stack universe for a few decades.
> for folks who can get IPv4 space or who already have it, dual stack is
> a natural thing to do. but in the coming decades, the internet will
> grow far beyond the confines of IPv4, and most of that growth will be
> in the form of IPv6-only, though possibly conjoined with IPv4 NAT. the
> problem with this is that any IPv4-only target (like a web site) will
> not be reachable to any IPv6-only initiator. so when we say "deploy
> IPv6 now" we mean "deploy dual-stack", whereas when we say "deploy IPv6
> after 2009" we mean "deploy IPv6". so, yes, we will all care whether
> other people have "deployed IPv6" either "now", or "then".
>
> it's a damned shame that IPv6 doesn't include a better transition method.
gosh! you sound like you almost actually read my preso
randy
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