Hi Michael Gratton! On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:46:52 +1100; Michael Gratton wrote about 'Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it':
>> * I have never liked how IPv6 denotes its addresses by using colon- >> delimited hexadecimal strings. > The glib answer would be "and this is why we have the DNS". Yes it is > more typing and/or talking, but that's the price to pay for a larger > address space. Anyway, just do what we do when relating v4 addresses: > don't pronounce the delimiter. DNS is for users, but admins deal with plain IP addresses much more often - imagine a case of DNS failure, for example - and routine failure will become much more pain in the ass. And dependence on DNS for public IPSEC keys even if addresses are known - is not good. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"