Re: IPv6 news

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

In message <17229.41863.627846.668592 () roam psg com>, Randy Bush writes:
> > I am told that some of the access providers are starting to deploy in  
> > the US, or at least that's what they tell us. Macs and Linux come  
> > with v6 enabled, and Longhorn will as well. So with any luck we will  
> > squeak through this one.
>
> that'll be great for the important applications such as p2p file
> sharing.  cool!
>
> but, if you read my message, the point is that all the major
> hosted services will not be dual stack.  half of them can't even
> provide well-deployed ipv4 service; try united.com.

Maybe ISPs should start warning them of what's coming....

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb