Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 03:52:45 +0200 From: Wolfgang Zenker <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is IPV6 option still necessary? Message-ID: <20191009015245.GB75640@lyxys.ka.sub.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1910091140330.52199@aneurin.horsfall.org> References: <20191007.151841.1094708479149685365.yasu@utahime.org> <9b8c9b1b-0d26-d9d7-018a-cafa8ec98c1e@abinet.ru> <20191009001447.GA73623@lyxys.ka.sub.org> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1910091140330.52199@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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* Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> [191009 02:58]: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: >> So, you don't *need* IPv6. But you might *want* to have it anyway. > In my 40+ years career I've only encountered one (1) client that ran IPv6 > internally (oddly enough, a law firm) and that was by management decree, > not the tehchies' (come to think of it, I don't think they *had* a techie > department). Roll the lawyer jokes... It's a big and diverse planet out there. In my 40+ years career I've used, implemented and deployed many different networking systems. Most of them are gone now, just IP (v4 and v6) remains. And use is slowly shifting from IPv4 to IPv6 now. > [..] > If you've ever tried to grok the IPv6 spec, your brain will explode... Must have happened to me some 20 years ago then. Probably the reason why I rarely get a head ache :-) Wolfgang
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