Thanks SM, Scott. John, I think Scott and SM have addresses your queries quite exhaustively. We¹ll still need IPv4 for quite some time.
The policy has been approved in some RIR¹s as-is and approved in other regions with a few changes. In line with the global PDP, for a policy proposal to pass as a global policy, it must get consensus (as-is) from all the 5 RIR¹s. This is not the case with this policy and as Scott rightly puts it, we should be seeing a revised policy proposal soon. Regards, -Vincent On 6/7/09 6:54 AM, "SM" <[email protected]> wrote: > At 17:02 06-06-2009, Scott Leibrand wrote: >> >While we do need everyone to start supporting IPv6 as soon as >> >possible, the requirement for dual-stack connectivity means there will >> >be a continued need for IPv4 addresses, at least for transitional >> >technologies, until almost everyone has transitioned to IPv6 and all >> >IPv4 islands are using something like NAT-PT to talk to the IPv6 >> >Internet. That will take a few years past IANA exhaustion, at best, >> >and may take a decade or more. > > Adding to what Scott said, this is not like the transition between > ARPANET and the Internet which took over five years. Some people > have suggested not to extend the lifetime of IPv4 by adopting such > policies. Unfortunately, given the scale of the Internet, there will > still be a need for IPv4 for the years to come. There may be IPv4 > and IPv6 islands. You'll need gateways (dual-stack hosts) to connect > them together. It's not so difficult, relatively speaking, for web > access. Google, for example, already offers IPv6 access for some > networks. There are a lot of other "application" protocols in use > over the Internet. The translation gateways to get them to work > probably won't be on the ISP side as there is less demand. > > Take a look at your network and find out how many of your devices > support IPv6. Find out how many of the software you use have IPv6 support. > > Regards, > -sm > > _______________________________________________ > rpd mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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