OMB: IPv6 by June 2008

Fri Jul 1 06:28:22 UTC 2005

Todd Underwood wrote:
> where is the service that is available only on IPv6? i can't seem to
> find it.  

A better question would be "What services does the competition offer
via IPv6?" If the answer is "none" then how long will that
situation last?  What point along the adoption curve do you want to be?

> manually configured tunnels forver! 

There are fully native IPv6 networks here in the US, large and small.
Most exchange points support native IPv6.  I'm sure most "netowrk
operators" on this list could connect natively with minimal effort.

Tunnels serve a useful purpose when dealing with networks you don't
control, just like VPN's.  Most of the operational problems in IPv6
today involve intentionally broken routing policies, not tunnels.

- Kevin