From owner-freebsd-net Mon May 18 17:34:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA22768 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 17:34:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.TransSys.COM (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA22565 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 17:33:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.TransSys.COM) Received: from whizzo.TransSys.COM (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.TransSys.COM (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA10037; Mon, 18 May 1998 20:31:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805190031.UAA10037@whizzo.TransSys.COM> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Petri Helenius cc: Garrett Wollman , Pierre Beyssac , net@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: v6 issues References: <13658.27284.20359.164715@silver.sms.fi> <3801.895139158@time.cdrom.com> <19980515003707.A18577@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> <199805150256.WAA29412@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <13659.51336.457818.157020@silver.sms.fi> In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 May 1998 07:47:38 +0300." <13659.51336.457818.157020@silver.sms.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 20:31:47 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Garrett Wollman writes: > > < said: > > > > > There's a BIG difference: almost everybody on the Internet will > > > have to run IPv6 sooner or later. > > > > More likely later than sooner. > > > This should be going off onto a *-chat list but I would say that IPv6 > is likely to happen sooner than one might think. It's the usual way > with many things. Then we'll all be running WinNT if you keep your > attitude. Given that there is no real support in the routers used in the backbone for the Internet for IPv6, I think the characterization of "later" rather than "sooner" is quite correct. Yes, yes, you can get code to test from major router vendors that implement some version of IPv6, but none of the large backbone operators are likely to put their infrastruture at risk to run experimental code. The other consideration is that there is no real demand from ISP customers for IPv6 support. I know this as I work for one of the large Internet backbone operators, and I worry about this issue. That having been said, IPv6 will be deployed from the "edges" of the network inwards toward the backbone. Islands of native IPv6 will be interconnected over the existing IPv4 Internet *long* before there is native IPv6 connectivity between arbitrary end-systems. So having a v6 stack in FreeBSD will be a useful thing. But please keep the larger picture in mind so that you won't be disappointed. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message