Zhen Cao wrote, on 2009-12-03 09:10:
>> New "IPv6 apps" are usually not IPv6-only. They are version-independent. See
>> e.g. RFC4038. So your future app will try IPv4 if it cannot get IPv6
>> connectivity. Which, it seems to me, would make case 4 fold into case 2.
> 
> Hi Simon, I checked 4038 and found it is informational. And I do not
> think applications developers will indeed follow this.

The fact that it is information is irrelevant. This is how applications are
being developed *right now*. We have experience with this, having ported many
applications to IPv6. This method is taught in seminars, books, etc. There is no
speculation here.

> For example,
> RFC4294 defines IPsec as a MUST for IPv6 node, but from our equipment
> test, we found this is a myth.

How is IPsec relevant to an application?

As far as I know, the IPsec API is still in early stages:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-btns-c-api-04
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mglt-btns-ipsec-api-requirements-00

Simon
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