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On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:27:57AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > That's chicken/egg - IPv6 never will be widely used if everyone thinks
> > that way.
> 
> The problem, as I see it, is that it doesn't come enabled by
> default on Windows systems.  Until it does, it's never going
> to get any traction.
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if the government has asked Microsoft
> to not deploy it, or to deploy it without encryption support,
> given world events.


The government is pushing IPv6, but from a different direction:

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0609/web-dodip-06-13-03.asp
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030613-0274.html

In the U.S., this will probably push many vendors to 
become "IPv6-compatible".

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Craig Rodrigues        
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