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IPv6 has been silently growing. If Hacker News supported IPv6, there is a good chance you would be accessing it with IPv6. The problem is that may have hit a pl

IPv6 has been silently growing. If Hacker News supported IPv6, there is a good chance you would be accessing it with IPv6. The problem is that may have hit a plateau with the easy migrations. The issue is that there is no incentive for most businesses to make switch. I was thinking that there should be movement that IPv6 is the new default protocol. That includes requesting IPv6 from sites. Also, lots of docs on how to enable IPv6 with routers, program to label gear as IPv6-ready, and persuading manufacturers to enable IPv6 by default. Finally, have best practices for IPv6 on corporate networks. With NAT64, it is possible to have IPv6-only network with IPv4 on the edge. I think it needs docs that describe how to do it, and lots of work in changing opinions of network engineers.

WorldMaker 3y ago
All of the best practices seem to be in place in the consumer space. Several major consumer ISPs (mobile carriers) are IPv6-only and there hasn't been that much trouble. iOS requires IPv6 support in App Store certification because of this. The trouble is definitely corporate networks. Changing opinions is hard, especially when network engineers have sunk cost fallacies and bad security training to worry about. Probably the only thing that's going to start making a difference for corporate networks is to let IPv4 costs continue to increase until enough corporate accountants start to notice that in financial reports and start to ask hard questions. Too bad there's no easy way to associate a market cost to 10.0.0.0/8 somehow.