Google Over IPV6
Stephen Sprunk
stephen at sprunk.org
Fri Mar 27 17:19:56 UTC 2009
Robert D. Scott wrote:
> http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032509-google-ipv6-easy.html
>
It's relatively easy to make _your own_ apps (i.e. ones you have the
source for) support IPv6.
Most companies, though, are completely reliant on their vendors, which
means buying a new version, testing, deployment, etc. -- assuming the
vendor is still in business, hasn't discontinued the product, has even
bothered to try implementing IPv6 yet (most haven't), etc. That may
also involve an upgrade of the OS that the app runs on, purchasing new
hardware to handle the bloat in newer OSes, etc. You may also need to
upgrade your LAN hardware to models that support IPv6 forwarding in
hardware, more RAM for routers to run IPv6 code (if it's even
available), new VPN boxes, etc.
Now, if you keep up with your upgrades every year, and stop using
products when the vendors stop supporting them or go out of business,
most of this should already be built into your budgets -- but not many
execs see value in that. "If it ain't broke so badly that it cuts into
profits, you don't need any budget for it."
S
--
Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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