On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> The advantages I see of IPv6:
> 1. bigger address space
> 2. no need for NAT or private address space
> 3. packets are self-routing. (hopefully meaning smaller routing tables)
> 4. there are fields in the header for doing various kinds of
> authenticity and anti-spoofing checks
> 5. They can contain existing IPv4 addresses, allowing slow (and I mean
> slow) migration to IPv6 using tunnels and gateways
There's IPSec, too. Kinda like SSL, but even more deeply integrated.
-J
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