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Re: V6 still not supported


From: "Mark Delany" <k3f () november emu st>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:19:55 +0000

On 24Mar22, Greg Skinner via NANOG allegedly wrote:

straightforward transition plan

in-hand working transition strategy

nor a straightforward transition

Any such "transition plan" whether "working" or "straightforward" is logically
impossible. Why anyone thinks such a mythical plan might yet be formulated some 20+ years
after deploying any of ipv6, ipv4++ or ipv6-lite is absurd.

The logic goes: we support legacy "do nothing" ipv4 deployments forever. We also expect
those same deployments to invest significant effort, cost and risk to move off their
perfectly functioning network for no self-serving benefit.

There be unicorns and denial of human nature.


Mark.


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