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The IPv6 transition is a side effect of China building their own internal "internet" from the ground up that will not be connected to what we think of as the in
by mike_d 2y ago
The IPv6 transition is a side effect of China building their own internal "internet" from the ground up that will not be connected to what we think of as the internet. "Turning off IPv4" is code for shutting off the DFZ and users only being able to reach other networks within the country.
We should absolutely not be pointing to this as a success or a model for other countries.
- orangeboats 2y agoWhat? You can still connect to worldwide IPv6 endpoints in China -- some endpoints are censored, just the same as how the IPv4 firewall is accomplished. You are describing as if the IPv6 network within China is completely blocked off from the wider network. It's not.
- tecleandor 2y agoI don't think they need IPv6 to cut off everyone from the internet (if that were their plan). They can do the same with just IPv4.