Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 14:42:48 -0400 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 in world Message-ID: <20030804184248.GA41334@crodrigues.org> In-Reply-To: <3F2EA5AD.E4C73C6@mindspring.com> References: <3F2D1713.9060806@liwing.de> <20030803181735.GC6331@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030804140822.GU6331@cicely12.cicely.de> <3F2EA5AD.E4C73C6@mindspring.com>
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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". -- Craig Rodrigues http://crodrigues.org rodrigc@crodrigues.org
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