Thanks for the heads up Dan. This was very informative.
I'm still amazed that it took so long -- and that there are many OS/
tools out there which are not prepared.
I think perhaps the greatest barrier to widespread IPv6 adoption or
implementation isn't so much operating systems, tools and devices so
much as it is people, knowledge and skills. IPv6 makes for a great
Wikipedia article, however it remains a strange concept for a lot of
people who work with technology, on all levels.
While "we're running out of IP addresses" is a pretty easy message to
comprehend and appreciate, the move to IPv6 is unprecedented. What do
we compare it to? The Y2K bug? At least Y2K had an obvious timeline;
we only needed to look at the calendar. Do I risk breaking the
internet when I add one more printer to my small business or research
university? And whom do we mobilize? Is this something that will
require armies of expensive consultants? Or can I do this myself, or
does this require specialized knowledge? If the latter is true, how
will I (or can I) fit this into my education plans? If I'm a medium-
sized business, this an issue that will be resolved by my vendors, or
my ISP, the networking person at my company, my systems
administrator, the interns at the help desk?
IPv6 has been a message we've been hearing for years; it kinda
reminds me of the metric adoption in the United States.
Noah
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Noah Abrahamson
Stanford University
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