IPv6 internet broken, cogent/telia/hurricane not peering
Dan White
dwhite at olp.net
Mon Oct 12 18:28:48 UTC 2009
On 12/10/09 10:25 -0700, Michael Peddemors wrote:
>On October 12, 2009, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>> In summary: HE has worked tirelessly and mostly thanklessly to promote
>> v6. They have done more to bring v6 to the forefront than any other
>> network. But at the end of day, despite HE's valiant effort on v6, v6
>> has all the problems of v4 on the backbone, PLUS growing pains. Which
>> means it is difficult to rely on it, as v4 has enough dangers on its
>> own.
>>
>
>And don't forget.. Once IPv6 gets to the mainstream.. IP Reputation lists are
>going to have a real fun time :) Spammers would love to see IPv6 in place I am
>sure. ;) Routing IPv6 is going to require one heck of a thinking re-
>adjustment. Would be nice to just leave IPv6 in the premises, and keep IPv4
>for routing.
Reputation lists will just be on the /64, /56 and /48 boundaries, rather
than IPv4 /32.
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Dan White
BTC Broadband
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