Comcast Begins Native IPv6 Deployment To End Users

First time accepted submitter Daaelarius writes "Comcast has begun deployment of Native IPv6 access to end users. The deployment is starting out small with a single market, but is expected to expand rapidly. They have provided ... more in depth technical details." Finally; native dual-stack IPv6 for home customers. Perhaps we can avoid a post-exhaustion future of NAT-upon-NAT and use restrictions.

Re:Yeah right

[nepka]

Personally I think not being directly connectable (ie., behind NAT) is good security wise. It acts as a nice and easy firewall.

Re:Yeah right

[characterZer0]

Unless you want to be directly connectable.

Re:Yeah right

[dch24]

Mod parent up.

Additionally, many other carriers are already seeing IPv4 exhaustion (due to their own wastefulness in the RFC1918 address space). They are co-opting DoD /8's within their network to try to overcome the problem. [source [ycombinator.com]]

I'll skip the obvious stupidity of "stealing" IPv4's from the DoD. But instead of deploying Carrier-Grade NAT, they're divvying up the internet. In one place, 28.0.0.0/8 takes you to one machine, in another place it takes you somewhere else.

It sounds like the IPv4 internet is going to fall apart simply due to negligence. How's that for an IPv6 killer app?