We're very concerned about permanently configuring hosts into a non-standard state. That is one reason our World IPv6 Day fix is only a temporary modification of the Windows sorting order and isn't being pushed through Windows Update.
Permanently disabling IPv6 as a solution to the "IPv6 brokenness" issue is NOT recommended. Turning a transitory problem (hosts on broken networks) into a permanent problem (hosts that don't use IPv6 correctly) - risks creating a serious long-term headache. ---------------------------- christopher.pal...@microsoft.com Program Manager IPv6 @ Windows -----Original Message----- From: Jima [mailto:na...@jima.tk] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:21 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day On 2011-06-02 17:26, Bill Woodcock wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2533454/ > > Uh... While I'm far from a Microsoft apologist (not really even a fan, TBH), it's worth pointing out that they're not pushing this out via Windows Update or anything. It's intended only as a remedy for the (as they themselves claim) <0.1% of users who may encounter issues next Wednesday: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ipv6/archive/2011/02/11/ipv6-day.aspx Fun as it might be to take it out of context, at least they're not telling people to disable IPv6 entirely (like some organizations still are). Jima
