approval from:
aefstoggaflm 
| Random thoughts I remember lots of my IPv6 addresses - the first 64 bits is easy, I type it in all the time - servers I manually assign a small one field interface identifier, e.g. 2001:df8:5403:3000::d
However, using a numeric IP for web surfing is not very effective for not being dependent on DNS - with ads and whatnot, each page generates 10-50 DNS queries! You should just deploy a local caching server (not difficult).
IPv6 is really easy to migrate to - my home has been fully dual stack for about a year, my office for 5 years.
NAT allows your ISP to control you (no servers, etc) - go to IPv6 and get all the "real" addresses you can eat! Great for VoIP, MMORPGs, IPsec VPN, Mobile IP, etc. NAT causes major problems with those and more. ISPs are now going to ISP based Large Scale NAT - you will share a single real IPv4 address with maybe hundreds of other customers, and in most cases, you will have TWO layers of NAT. IPv4 IS DEAD. It's day is over. Get with it. Only losers and ISPs are trying to stay with IPv4. Resistance (to IPv6) is futile! |
