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Re: World IPv6 Day
From: Mark Townsley <townsley () cisco com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:56:49 +0100
On 1/12/11 10:23 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:10:03 -0800 Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:the first global-scale trial of IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4.this phrasing is both amusing and deeply sad. amusing because many folk have been running ipv6 globaly for over a decade. deeply sad because this is taken to be shiny and new as we approach the end of the iana ipv4 free pool. what have people been smoking?IPv4. Every now and then it is worth remembering that IPv4 was a protocol that was designed for a small experimental network that managed to escape into production. How long it has been usable is actually quite remarkable, and has only been achieved through a series of neat hacks like classes, subnets and CIDR.
And NAPT, and VPNs, and short IP leases, and... FWIW, Cisco's jumping in with Google, FB, et. al. http://blogs.cisco.com/news/world-ipv6-day-working-together-towards-a-new-internet-protocol/ Have a nice weekend, - Mark
Regards, Mark.
Current thread:
- World IPv6 Day Scott Howard (Jan 12)
- Re: World IPv6 Day Randy Bush (Jan 12)
- Re: World IPv6 Day Mike Leber (Jan 12)
- Re: World IPv6 Day Mark Smith (Jan 12)
- Re: World IPv6 Day Mark Townsley (Jan 22)
- Re: World IPv6 Day Randy Bush (Jan 12)