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Re: A straightforward transition plan (was: Re: V6 still not supported)


From: John Curran <jcurran () istaff org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:20:35 -0500

Randy -

Full agreement - nicely said.

/John

P.s disclaimer: my views alone - do not eat packet.

On Jan 11, 2023, at 7:10 PM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:



It was assumed that IPng would include a standard straightforward
technological solution to support communication with IPv4 hosts – this
was a defined hard requirement.

This transition mechanism wasn’t available at the time of the
selection of IPng, and instead was left as a future deliverable.

three of the promises of ipng which ipv6 did not deliver
 o compatibility/transition,
 o security, and 
 o routing & renumbering

the real goal of those who made the ipv6 decision was to stop the press
from screaming about the end of the internet.  in this they succeeded.

and the ops community has paid an insane penalty ere since.

randy


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