Re: DoD IP Space

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:30 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > For most networks there is almost no pain in enabling IPv6.
>
>
> A startup vendor, formed by long time industry veterans, released brand new products inside of the last 8 years that 
> did not yet have IPv6 support because their software, also created by them from scratch, did not yet support it. It 
> does now, but one could argue that it's mind boggling this happened in the first place.

this happens, a lot :(

> When experienced industry individuals decide that V6 is second class enough to chop the feature just to get the 
> product out the door, and bolt it on to code later (because THAT always works out well :) ), it really makes you 
> wonder how many more generations of engineers will be having these same conversations.
>
> The money always talks. As long as solutions exist to massage V4 scarcity , and those solutions remain cheaper, they 
> will generally win.

the problem (one problem?) in the networking space is that:
  "Today's network works, why should I add risk / config-pain /
customer-problems / uncertainty when there's no driving reason to do
same?"

This is almost certainly why some residential providers still don't
offer v6 (<cough>verizon</cough>) on their residential link service.
-chris