On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Alain Durand wrote: > >For edification. I have a node on a work LAN that knows nothing of IPv6. I > >download software and configure my node to be capable of IPv6. I manually > >configure my interface to support IPv6. I now ftp to an IPv6 address. This > >is not going to work. But I was stupid to think it would? Is this the kind > >of basic mistake your also worried about? > > > Alternate scenario: > We ship our system so they configure IPv6 ON by default on all interface. > User install this machine on his v4-only network and now experiment > larger than usual delays to connect to his favorite servers. > User call customer support. > This is what I worried about.
How do the delays get longer, I wonder? Different flavors of BSD have shipped v6-enabled by default since, about 2000 or 2001, I don't remember anymore, and I've never seen anyone complain about increased delays. I don't think there should be any significant potential drawback *until* the system is configured with a non-link-local address. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
