IPv6 Still Hotly Debated

inkslinger77 writes "A significant stumbling block to IPv6 adoption may be IPv4 loyalists who are keen to keep the old protocol in preference to the 'new improved' version, according to a Computerworld Australia article. The article covers the views of Cisco's senior technical leader for IPv6 technologies, Tony Hain and Geoff Huston, a senior Internet research scientist from Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (Apnic)." From the article: "Go to your favourite venture capitalist and say 'I want to be an ISP'. By the time he stops laughing and [finds you want to run] IPv6 - the discussion gets terminated. No one wants to hear this. IPv6 is well ahead of adoption in this market so everyone is deferring. No one is running IPv6, because there is no business case for it ... if we really wanted to leave a legacy to our children we'd review the crap we have today which is pretty ghastly ..."

What's in a name?

[Nom du Keyboard]

is well ahead of adoption in this market so everyone is deferring.

Maybe it will be IPv7 by the time it's adopted.

Better yet, why not name it IPv2005, so everyone will have to take it up by the end of the year lest they be left behind? Sure sounds better than IPvXP or IPvVista, doesn't it?

I'm still waiting...

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally, I'm still waiting for ipv8 which will purportedly allow me to have an IP address for every cell in my body. The only thing I haven't worked out is how to run 6*10^13 spam filters.

The IPv4 scarcity issue is a myth

[Snarfangel]

There are plenty of addresses in northern Alaska that aren't being used. "Peak IPv4" indeed.

Why doesn't Slashdot support it yet?

[caluml]

calum@www1 calum $ ping6 www.slashdot.org
unknown host
calum@www1 calum $

Cmon, Slashdot. insmod ipv6.o

Re:Me too

[mboverload]

You realize IPv6 has more IP's then there are atoms in the universe, right?

Legacy? Lol!

[Mantrid]

Yeah because protocols are what we'll be remembered for!

So get this...

[Whafro]

Even my stupid IT Director thinks that IPv4 is sufficient...what a loser.

Re:Me too

[nizo]

Yeah but visitors from parallel universes need IP numbers too.

IPv6 never caught on?

[spacemky]

"Hey, could you ping me? My IP is: 5F05:2000:80AD:5800:0058:0800:2023:2F8E. Thanks"

Re:Why doesn't Slashdot support it yet?

[Slowping]

which leads to the question... if Slashdot converts to IPv6 and only accepts IPv6 connections, how quickly would the rest of the Internet get changed?