Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:29:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Vadim Goncharov <vadim_nuclight@mail.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it Message-ID: <slrnft2d99.2ncn.vadim_nuclight@hostel.avtf.net> References: <E1JWtgy-0000Ug-Ld@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <20080305083930.Q37745@shell.xecu.net> <slrnfstdcd.rie.vadim_nuclight@hostel.avtf.net> <20080305160143.GA28941@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <1204771612.13169.16.camel@tremelay>
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Hi Michael Gratton! On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:46:52 +1100; Michael Gratton wrote about 'Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it': >> * I have never liked how IPv6 denotes its addresses by using colon- >> delimited hexadecimal strings. > The glib answer would be "and this is why we have the DNS". Yes it is > more typing and/or talking, but that's the price to pay for a larger > address space. Anyway, just do what we do when relating v4 addresses: > don't pronounce the delimiter. DNS is for users, but admins deal with plain IP addresses much more often - imagine a case of DNS failure, for example - and routine failure will become much more pain in the ass. And dependence on DNS for public IPSEC keys even if addresses are known - is not good. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]
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