[AusNOG] IPv6 is hard.

[Tom Lanyon]

On 05/07/2012, at 12:01 PM, Mark Newton wrote:
> I'm probably a bigger IPv6 proponent than just about anybody,
> but I don't think it's going to be realistic to do v6-only for 
> quite some time.
> 
> At the very least, some lagacy NATted IPv4 connectivity will be
> needed.


Sorry for the delayed response.

I just don't think this is acceptable in the current climate.  If we still need v4 all the way down to the end-user, why bother with v6 at all?  If v6-only networks don't work acceptably, then there won't be any v6-only networks spring up in the near future (e.g. what some are predicting in developing countries with no v4 available) and so there will be no need for any of us to even make our services available on v6.  What a vicious circle.


On 19/07/2012, at 8:16 PM, Don Gould wrote:
> Ok... so building 'my new project', I'll just set up the NATv4 and put off the v6 stuff, like everyone else is doing, till the time is right...
> 
> I'm really really starting to wonder if we're taking this v6 stuff seriously at all or just going to spend the next decade getting smarter and smarter at using v4.

Exactly!

Which is a shame, because deploying an IPv6-only network using a different mindset to IPv4 has such an 'unrestrained' feel to it.  :)

Tom