[mdlug] OT: the great IPv6 debate

[Dan Pritts]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:38:13PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Dan Pritts wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> So we should just stick with IPv4 for another 3 years
> until we have a crisis situation?


"having application software that exacerbates the problem just makes
users want to turn off v6"


danno
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