IPv4 sunset date set for 2019-12-31

Fri Oct 22 02:09:39 UTC 2010

On Oct 21, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Barry Shein wrote:

> Anyhow, it might be an interesting topic to discuss in the appropriate
> venues, IETF, "What is the cost of maintaining IPv4 forever?" but it's
> getting a little ahead of ourselves in terms of any pressing need.

This is an interesting question.

In talking to your vendors with your checklist of capabilities a device CAN/SHOULD/MUST have, what if you no longer needed to carry 350k/512k routes of IPv4 and only needed 256k of IPv6 ?

Instead of 6pe think of 4pe with ipv6 core.

I've been reminding vendors that IPv6 should get new features *first* vs IPv4.  The end of IPv4 is near, but that doesn't mean the end of the Internet is here.  The next chapter gets a new page turned.  Maybe we will determine that IPv6 needs to go the way of IPX/Decnet/AppleTalk and some new system (non-IP even) will take over the world.

Either way, it's an interesting time to be an edge operator that worries about CPE stuff.  those that think mostly about core this is a big fat *yawn* imho.  Expect application developers to face some interesting challenges.  me?  I'm waiting until I see the "NOW WITH IPv6" sticker on things at the store.

- Jared