Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>]

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On 7/15/2015 6:00 PM, John R. Levine wrote:

> > Are you really equating an incremental silent update to remove 
> > something between one if statement or slightly more and an entire
> > protocol stack that when active fundamentally changes the host
> > networking behavior?
>
> Yeah.  On the devices I have, there's no practical difference 
> between a one line update and a complete reload.  Either you
> update the software or you don't, and mostly you don't.  PCs and
> servers are easy, embedded routers and printers and the like are
> not.

And on your mobile devices, for the most part you are reliant upon
your carrier to make software updates available to you in a timely and
utilitarian manner.

In other words, don't hold your breath.

Carriers are the major barrier to both feature upgrades and security
fixes/enhancements.

It is tremendously frustrating.

- - ferg


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