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You are describing the client point of view. But, from the server point of view, IPv6 is like a newer, better version... that cannot run alone! IPv6 can work s
by pif 3y ago
You are describing the client point of view. But, from the server point of view, IPv6 is like a newer, better version... that cannot run alone!
IPv6 can work side by side with IPv4 on the servers, but it cannot replace IPv4. Thus, don't act surprised when companies wonder "Why bother?"!
- kaliszad 3y agoYou can run "IPv6-mostly". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40039899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40039899
- throw0101c 3y ago> IPv6 can work side by side with IPv4 on the servers, but it cannot replace IPv4. Facebook is famously IPv6-only internally (and as of 2016, 60% of user traffic was IPv6-only): * https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/case-study-facebook-moving-to-an-ipv6-only-internal-network/ https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/cas... * https://engineering.fb.com/2017/01/17/production-engineering/legacy-support-on-ipv6-only-infra/ https://engineering.fb.com/2017/01/17/production-engineering... * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_24f6Wr7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_24f6Wr7E Microsoft and Google are IPv6-only single-stack (or moving in that direction) on their internal corporate networks: * https://www.arin.net/blog/2019/04/03/microsoft-works-toward-ipv6-only-single-stack-network/ https://www.arin.net/blog/2019/04/03/microsoft-works-toward-... * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0vgU6WbPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0vgU6WbPo * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb98hAb5_W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb98hAb5_W8 Also Wells Fargo: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTWjNUb4H4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTWjNUb4H4 The main 'advantage' IPv4 has is inertia.
- pif 3y ago> The main 'advantage' IPv4 has is inertia. That's correct, but it was an idiocy to underestimate it. Reality always wins.