[mdlug] OT: the great IPv6 debate

[Dan Pritts]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 07:07:36PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Dan Pritts wrote:
> > the problem is not borked DNS; it is not at the server or at the client
> > site.  The problem is some broken network, somewhere in the middle.
> > 
> > Yes, someone somewhere screwed up; yes, they should fix it.  yes,
> > i should complain (and i do!).  all that said, this is to be expected
> > in this transitional phase.  Having application software that
> > exacerbates the problem just makes users want to turn off v6.
> > 
> 
> And if IPv4 was screwed up in the middle, the same problems
> would occur.  Otherwise, we could all just put random numbers
> in, and networking would still work.

"this is to be expected in this transitional phase." 

back in 1989, IPv4 got screwed up in the middle a lot more than it
does now.  We didn't have anything else then, but today, deploying
ipv6, we have a pretty reliable ipv4 internet.

danno
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