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The network virtualization scheme and likely many other parts of the stack need to change in order to support v6. It's not that there aren't investments in this

by srj 5y ago

The network virtualization scheme and likely many other parts of the stack need to change in order to support v6. It's not that there aren't investments in this area, it's just a non-trivial effort. Source: Worked in GCP networking.

p1mrx 5y ago
It takes longer to climb a hill if you start by digging a hole.
macintux 5y ago
Were they surprised that IPv6 existed? It's not as though this is a new technology, or that the necessity hasn't been obvious since around the time Google was born.