[Gllug] IPv6 and firewalls

Joel Bernstein joel at fysh.org
Wed Aug 12 09:14:06 UTC 2009


On 11 Aug 2009, at 23:48, Chris Bell wrote:
>   There is likely to be a relatively slow initial uptake of IPv6, but
> reaching a critical tipping point when significant numbers of sites  
> are
> unable to obtain IPv4 addresses and compatibility is required. This  
> would be
> similar to needing an OS replacement juust to be able to read  
> correspondence
> received in the next version of word.

No. No, it really isn't similar to that.

Straw men aside, is there any reason to put public sites on IPv6 right  
now?
You seem to want to use it purely for NAT traversal purposes, AIUI,  
when IPv6 would obviate the need for NAT.

/joel
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