... In China, where there is no infrastructure, of course they will use IPv6. That may drive the change to IPv6 in the rest of the world. In order to connect to China (a vast business opportunity, or more likely, where everything is actually made) you'll have to be connected to an IPv6 network. US based ISP will gradually turn up IPv6 networks as demand grows. At first it will be a premium service as it is now. Later it will become pervasive. ... Mike
Doesn't a similar argument apply for (wise) new deployments in the US?
I couldn't disagree more; DDOS, spam and virii are very often launched from zombie machines. You'll get a perfectly valid path back to a perfectly well owned box with a completely perplexed person that has no idea why you're getting irate with them. IPv6 doesn't do anything to stop this.
This includes "anonymizers", Finnish or other. Right?
... services all happily draining your bank account without any pesky interference from the owner of the account.
IPv4, IPv6 and NAT notwithstanding, ... the way to control in or out of _MY_ domain is with a firewall. Right?
Using a firewall, I _can_ force my devices to ask my permission before sending or accepting anything from anywhere. Right?
I still expect other interests to try to furtively exchange messages I don't like with my stuff -- by a variety of means.
(note the subpoenaed GM engine computer)
Such struggles seem intrinsic to _life_.
I think the "de-code for this code" is TriLUG itself -- and the other groups who help us keep such intrusions at bay. The intrusions are one of many _persistent_ reasons UGs are needed.
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