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This is really cool to see. IPv6 is the internet's "peak oil" problem, or a "long emergency" - most seem to think of the transition as a "maybe someday" nice to
by cscotta 16y ago
This is really cool to see. IPv6 is the internet's "peak oil" problem, or a "long emergency" - most seem to think of the transition as a "maybe someday" nice to have, without realizing how few blocks remain in the IPv4 address space.
It's refreshing to see a major ISP take the initiative to prepare their networks, but also release software to help others route between IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Speaking of which, you can download it here: https://www.isc.org/software/aftr https://www.isc.org/software/aftr
That said...I'd prefer that most of the source weren't a 13,217-line file with rare, cryptic comments called "aftr.c" ;-).
PDF'd manpages: http://u.phoreo.com/rh.pdf http://u.phoreo.com/rh.pdf
- mprovost 16y agoIPv6 is more like "solar power" in your analogy. We're going to run out of oil/IPv4 someday and have to replace it with something, but not necessarily IPv6. Actually IPv6 is probably more like "atomic fusion" - some utopian grand project that will fix everything but nobody quite knows how we're going to get it to work.
- wmf 16y agoThe idea that IPv4 will be replaced with something that isn't IPv6 is no longer credible. We need a solution in 2012, and nothing else is going to be ready by that time.
- mprovost 16y agoWell it wouldn't take much for something else to outpace the adoption rate of IPv6. I think something will come along that is backwards compatible with v4. We're already seeing things like carrier grade NAT that are just bandaids but we can live with bandaids for a long time...
- prodigal_erik 16y agoAfter this long, I'm starting to think we're actually more likely to see cataclysmic earthquakes and flooding in 2012 than adoption of IPv6.