IPv4 sunset date set for 2019-12-31

Thu Oct 21 18:19:30 UTC 2010

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:59:38AM -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:52:19AM -0700, Dave CROCKER wrote:
> > But you aren't.  No one is.
> > 
> > The core requirement for such announcements is that there be a real 
> > enforcement arm.
> 
> 	If a couple of large carriers set their own flag dates, and
> turn off v4 at that point, it will be effectively enforced.  Plenty
> of people aren't particularly 'local' pockets of control.

They would be out of business the day they turn IPv4 off. So it will not
happen.

> 	You don't need an enforcement arm -- it just needs to stop
> making economic sense to support two parallel networks.  Since it's
> automatically wasteful, once enough of the traffic is v6, that may
> come sooner than you realize.  

I doubt it.

> 	Or, just start charging an arm and a leg for v4 transit until
> people take the hint...

and change the ISP. Before you can even start to think about moving away
from v4 you need to ensure that everybody is reachable via v6. The problem
is that the key organizations try everything to make this not happen.

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:wq Claudio