we're off on the usual strange tangents. next will be whether it is ethical to walk in your neighbor's open house if they're running ipv6:-).
Why of course it is. Afterall, anyone should be able to engage in any (group hug|rape) at any time of their chosing with anyone else. And if you don't lock your door, barricade it, build a moat, with automatic machine gun fire etc, well, then it's your fault that it happened to you.. isn't it. Afterall, you dressed for the part by showing up with your own 128-bit ball and chain. Except for the odd case where hugs are actually being passed out. Oh, sorry, was that too cynical?
ipv4 has some problems. the world has hacked around the major ones with things such as [holding nose] nat. the ivtf came up with a technically weak second system syndrome patch which has yet to show enough sizzle to sell against the hacks to ipv4. so the ivtf, a decade out, is trying to hack to make it work. a shim on top of second system syndrome. i am not holding my my breath.
Ditto.
market physics will say whether scaling issues with nat et al. are sufficiently obnoxious to cause ipv6 to become sufficiently attractive; no amount of conjecturbation <tm> here will change that. if it becomes enabling and profitable, then folk will deploy and move. if not, they won't. life is simple.
It is possible that outside NA deployment volume may change NA deployment habits. We're already not in the driver seat with several networking technologies as we previously were. Plain old economics. A 'maybe'. The real question is if and how operators should prepare for their deployments. Some of us run a bit more than a mom and pop shop and when massive infrastructures are being revamp where it would be nice if there was a clear direction where to place bets. Short of saying "hey, it's all layer 2, why do I care." I guess I could always go pay a consultant for a "non answer". ;-) Thanks, Christian The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. 163