Hi, I pick it from rpd list [1] because I do not think it's the right place to discuss it ... I'll appreciate if people can express share their opinions on points below and eventually share their experiences.
1. https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2018/008662.html Le 01/12/2018 à 07:16, Andrew Alston a écrit : > You know, > [...] > Now let me talk about IPv6 – something I happen to know a fair bit about – > particularly in terms of ISP deployments. Let us be completely honest, IPv6 > is necessary – and we all have to get there – it’s not an option – v4 simply > doesn’t scale to global needs. But – instead of these meaningless platitudes > about how everyone should go to IPv6 – how about we start openly and honestly > talking about the challenges with IPv6 and how we address them – so that we > can promote its deployment through proper understanding – and instead of > everyone going “lets all move to ipv6” – let’s start finding solutions to > some of the things that STOP people moving to IPv6. > > > 1. Lack of legacy support in a fair ton of hardware – how do we deal with > it > 2. Vastly inconsistent support for transition mechanisms and chronically > bad support for most of these transition mechanisms in CPE’s > 3. The complete *mess* that MPLS support as concerns IPv6 (to this day you > cannot do vpnv6 without a v4 underlay, martini is entirely bound to LDP and > LDPv6 support is near non-existent, and I’ve yet to see Kompella working > entirely without v4 in some form either) > 4. The security challenges around IPv6 and the bad implementations that > create issues here – issues which over the years we have learnt to deal with > in IPv4 – Happy to expound on these off list – and no – they have nothing to > do with NAT or the lack thereof – because NAT as a security mechanism was the > biggest lie ever sold to an industry. > > For years I have been an IPv6 advocate – and I still am – and I’ve actively > deployed and run IPv6 in production supplying it to the end user, with > multiple percentage point changes in country IPv6 penetration statistics as a > result, but I am fast realizing that if we want IPv6 to grow and thrive – > it’s time we started being a little more open and honest about the challenges > and problems with it – instead of sprouting off that everyone should just > move to it. Let’s acknowledge that IPv6 is critical, we have no option, but > it is also deeply flawed, has major problems, and until start dealing with > those – we will see deployment continue to stutter > > Andrew -- Willy Manga @ongolaboy https://ongola.blogspot.com/
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