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Re: test-ipv6.com


From: Jason Fesler <jfesler () gigo com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:52:51 -0800 (PST)

Note you can have totally broken IPv6 connectivity and still be
fine on World IPv6 day.  You just need applications with good
multi-homing support.

Agreed so far.

No web site can check this for you.

Hmm. What's wrong with asking the browser to try a dual-stack url today, as a proxy for what will happen to said web browser on June 8?

The concern with World IPv6 day is with the users who have IPv6 enable, and have a default route - yet have broken IPv6 connectivity. This specific population will see timeouts on June 8.

If you are a application developer and want TCP example code that
will work well with a broken IPv6 connection have a look at my blog.

Hopefully browsers will adopt your idea (or Happy Eyeballs).
It may be the only remedy available, short of content providers
collectively moving forward with dual stack, 0.05% broken users be damned.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wing-v6ops-happy-eyeballs-ipv6-01

I'm personally not a big fan of either method, as that's going to increase the amount of tcp sessions to my web servers. It is merely less bad than the alternative.




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