Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:41:40 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it Message-ID: <20080306104139.GX68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <CECD0714-5625-49A6-BC2A-0DEF0AB56A98@verweg.com> References: <20080306061339.3CE2C4500E@ptavv.es.net> <CECD0714-5625-49A6-BC2A-0DEF0AB56A98@verweg.com>
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--2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:51:11AM +0100, Ruben van Staveren wrote: >The interesting thing, to stay on topic, is that people are willing to=20 >explore a feature called "SCTP" which to my knowledge is younger than=20 >"IPv6". This makes the whole discussion sort of moot, right ? In my case, I have a use for SCTP at work (we are using various protocols that run on top of SCTP) but we don't have any IPv6 networks in use. Personally, I find the IPv6 data reported in things like netstat are annoying. >had TCP/UDP for many years and they are still serving their purpose well,= =20 >so why change ? TCP isn't sufficiently robust for some Telco purposes: They can't accept the time it takes TCP to detect or recover from a link failure. >So give it a chance, only then there will be feedback and only then we can= =20 >fix the problems. Otherwise it will stay just theoretical. Agreed. But at this stage I can't justify the effort to do anything more than have a very cursory glance it at. What benefit would I derive from setting up an IPv6 network and attempting to experiment with it? My ISP won't support IPv6 and I'm reasonably certain my cable-modem doesn't either so IPv6 connectivity would entail some sort of tunnel. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHz8pj/opHv/APuIcRApYJAKC8IMrjVoQE/OSsEqd1hUgCsiwfSACgvTqe lM7FzzhyVJewpXZkEGKqqIU= =3Rt4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD--
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