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Re: one data point regarding native IPv6 support

2011-06-10 12:42:27

"Tony" == Tony Hain <alh-ietf(_at_)tndh(_dot_)net> writes:
    Tony> There is no real problem with 6to4, despite the BS being
    Tony> propagated about failure rates. The fundamental problem is
    Tony> that those complaining have their heads firmly stuck in
    Tony> IPv4-think, and are refusing to add a second 6to4 prefix to
    Tony> their service. If they would simply install their own 6to4
    Tony> router and be the tunnel endpoint, there would be no 3rd party
    Tony> in the path for either direction. The technology is simply
    Tony> creating an opportunity. Those complaining about it are
    Tony> refusing to take advantage of it because that would be a
    Tony> different operational practice than they do for IPv4.

+1
I have native IPv6 at home.
I have multiple other sites that I work with that can only get tunnels.
6to4 (on BSD. Linux has a design bug) lets me do this to shortcut things:
   route add -net -inet6 2001:4830:116e:: -prefixlen 48    2002:84d5:ee07::1
 
IPv4 is my NBMA LAN :-)


    Tony> The herd mentality of kill-what-we-don't-like is not helping
    Tony> with deployment. In fact the ability to document which ISPs
    Tony> have customers that are trying to use IPv6 despite the edge
    Tony> lethargy is a very useful thing to drive deployment through
    Tony> blame-&-shame. Put the 6to4-to-historic effort on the shelf
    Tony> for at least 5 years. Then it will be time to talk.

The funny part is that removing 6to4 won't reduce any code, as the 6rd
code is often identical...

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