Hi Sam!
20 Jan 2002, "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What happens when ipv6 takes over from the current ipv4? Will all
>> DOS-based Internet applications fall off the edge of the earth?
SE> What's ipv6?
The new (ok not that new) version of the internet protocol ... version 6.
Introduces some VERY interesting features.
128 bit addresses instead of 32 bit IPv4 addresses
every TCP/IP stack HAS to support IPSec which is a good thing (tm)
(encrypted IP traffic)
Better support for QoS constraints
...
SE> BSD/Linux/or other Unix variants. That's at least six of one and
SE> at least a half dozen of the other.
??
SE> Hey, why doesn't someone who knows what's what try porting Mozilla?
SE> Would that be a big deal to do?
YES
You would have to replace vital functions of real OSes with own code,
because DOS is not much more than a bootloader.
widget library, thread support, ...
SE> Sam Ewalt
CU, Ricsi
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