Hi Samuel! 02 Apr 2002, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> And with upcoming IPv6 (alias IPnG) it will be very hard to remember >> IP addresses. SH> however, I have a question about the upcoming IPv6 (alias IPng), SH> whatever that is. This is the first mention I have ever seen of such SH> a beast. see http://www.ipv6.org There are only "few" IPv4 addresses left, and IPv6 has a *HUGE* addressspace. (32 bit compared to 128 bit) And it also contains come very usefull stuff like IPSec (encrypted IP connections) and QoS enhancements, ... SH> My question is this: SH> If this new beast makes an appearance on the internet, will it be SH> difficult for us to connect with many of the current versions of SH> of DOS internet applications? It will be impossible IMHO (I'm also no expert) But transition will be slow. Eg. important servers will have 2 IPs (1 IPv4 and 1 IPv6) But maybe someone knows more about how the transition will proceed ? PS: IPv6 includes some very good features. It includes mandatory IPSec support (encrypted IP connections) and extensive support for multicasting (IPv4 multicasting is very poor), and many other good features like better QoS support. SH> Regards, SH> Sam Heywood CU, Ricsi -- |~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP) |~\|(__\| -=> If at first you don't succeed, deny you even tried <=-
