http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/ipv6/default. asp
Q. What is my IPv6 address? A. By default, IPv6 configures link-local IPv6 addresses for each interface that corresponds to an installed Ethernet network adapter." ----- You may not want to use it in the IETF IPv6 mode. That mode has privacy problems. http://www.internetwk.com/columns/frezz100499.htm http://www.google.com/search?q=ipv6+privacy In order to start your own ISP, you can use the 2002:<IPv4>:0000 IPv8-style of addressing and routing. http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg12524.html RFC-2001-06-27-001 - Obtaining IPv8 Address Allocations Jim Fleming http://www.RepliGate.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Ebersman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "ietf@ietf. org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Jim Fleming, Microsoft and the american way to go... > > jimfleming> XP will allow all people to easily become an ISP. They > jimfleming> will not be subjected to the ICANN/ARIN scarce address > jimfleming> resource allocation policies. > > Well, I'd had some technical concerns about XP but if Jim is for it, I > guess I'll have to do a more detailed look because there must be some > fundamental design flaw that makes it unusable. > > jimfleming> You are of course also free to use Linux, FreeBSD, or even > jimfleming> your own operating systems and programming languages to > jimfleming> help build the Next Generation Internet. > > Gee, would that be like the Star Trek Next Generation? > > Can we skip ivp8 and just use the transporter for all our packets? > > IPV8. It's dead, Jim. > > --
