Re: DoD IP Space

[Doug Barton <dougb () dougbarton us>]

I used to help large companies rearchitect their addressing, implement 
IPv6, etc. for a living, so no one is more sympathetic than I am about 
how difficult it can be to make these changes. However, I have to ask, 
how far backwards do we want to bend for those that refuse to migrate?

There have already been at least two lines in the sand that the IETF has 
backed down from. Is it even useful for us to keep saying "IPv6 is the 
way forward" any more?


On 1/20/21 7:26 AM, Fred Baker wrote:
> I recently had a discussion with an Asian ISP that was asking the IETF to PLEASE re-declare DoD space to be private 
> space so that they could use it. This particular ISP uses IPv6 extensively (a lot of their services are in fact 
> IPv6-only) but has trouble with its enterprise customers. Frankly, enterprise use of IPv6 is a problem; they seem to 
> push back pretty hard against using IPv6.
>
> I find this thread highly appropriate.