[AusNOG] FW: [Ap-ipv6tf] official shutdown date for IPv4. The date he is pushing for is April 4, 2024. "IPv4 can't go on forever, " Latour said. "

[James Andrewartha]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Mark Andrews wrote:

> Multiple PA prefixes work today with a single border router as it
> can manage the RA as seen by all the clients.  ULA + PA works today
> which gives you stability across PA renumber events, PD lifetime
> expiry etc.
> 
> Homenet is in the process of specifying multiple PA's from multiple
> routers + ULA all automagically managed.  This is adding source +
> destination address routing to the home CPE device.  Prefix delegation
> within the home from multiple providers.  Topology discovery etc.
> 
> 	ISP1 <-> CM <-> IR <-> IR <-> phone <-> ISP2
> 			 \     /
> 			    IR
> 			   /  \
> CM cable modem 
> IR interior router
> 
> Where you have PA addresses delegated using PD from both ISP1 and ISP2.

This is all fantastic. But, "in the process of specifying." So we'll see 
it in CPE in 5 years? I might even have NBN by that point. As a side note, 
how does MPTCP (RFC 6824) work in this sort of environment? Now that's a 
client-side solution to multiple uplinks.

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