Re: IPv6 FAQ

2008-08-09 Thread Randy Bush
> The *actual* distinction here is that an implementation can be a fully > compliant IPv4 stack without any code to do IPSEC. The IPv6 stack is > required to have the code. but usually does not. it's like the ipv6 forum, almost none of the members' servers have ipv6 enabled. randy

Re: IPv6 FAQ

2008-08-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:53:23 EDT, Deepak Jain said: >o Security. With IPv4, IPsec is optional and you need to ask > the peer if it supports IPsec. With IPv6, IPsec support is mandatory. By > mandating IPsec, we can assume that you can secure your IP communication > whenever you talk

RE: IPv6 FAQ

2008-08-09 Thread michael.dillon
You can get a lot better information on ARIN's wiki at http://www.getipv6.info I don't believe that the site has an IPv6 FAQ page to give to customers, but if you want to post your draft so far, then I'm sure we can all contribute to it. --Michael Dillon

Re: IPv6 FAQ

2008-08-08 Thread David Conrad
On Aug 8, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Deepak Jain wrote: According to: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/ipv6/ The fine folks at NetBSD really need to update their IPv6 FAQ. That stuff looks like the IPv6 marketing spiel from 1997 or so that has long ago been proven ... 'optimistic'. R

IPv6 FAQ

2008-08-08 Thread Deepak Jain
According to: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/ipv6/ * Larger IP address space. IPv4 uses only 32 bits for IP address space, which allows only 4 billion nodes to be identified on the Internet. 4 billion may look like a large number; however, it is less than the human population on the e