Amen.
-phil
On Sep 24, 2008, at 5:22 PM, RB wrote:
As Pfsense is derived from Monowall and monowall has recently, in
the
1.3beta12, incorporated ipv6, I was wondering how difficult it is
going to
be to port the changes in monowall to pfsense?
This question comes back up every few months, and every time I wonder:
what is the justification case for IPv6? Aside from those home
hackers that are desperate for a full 128 bits of addressing to route
the twelve devices on their network (never mind my public wifi network
that eats an entire /17 with all its churn), where are the potential
users? Who has put off rolling out pfSense or a similar platform
because it didn't implement IPv6? What about the fact that for the
huge majority of users, the magical IPv6 land of ponies and sugar
cakes will end at their border unless they tunnel it out to some
3rd-party provider? Yes, some ISPs are starting to offer v6
connectivity, but those are few and far between.
I'm not against IPv6, I just disagree with the periodic
Slashdot-induced handwaving 'emergency'. We've been "on the cusp" of
"an addressing crisis" for years, and the fact that someone has
slapped a ruler on the current allocation trend and come up with a
number of days under 1000 doesn't really cause me concern. Who can
present a reasonable case for adoption before the current 2-3 year
timeline?
RB
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