[125261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: legacy /8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Apr 11 14:15:39 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BC1FB93.3060706@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:09:26 -0700
To: William Warren <hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>>=20
> We've been dealing with the IPV4 myth now for over 7 years that i have =
followed it. It's about as valid as the exaflood myth. Part fo the =
reason folks aren't rushing to the V6 bandwagon is it's not needed. =
Stop doing the chicken little dance folks. V6 is nice and gives us tons =
of more addresses but I can tell you V4 is more than two years form =
"dying" just by seeing all the arm flailing going around.
IPv4 will not die in 2 years. Growth in IPv4 accessible hosts will stop =
or become significantly more expensive or both in about 2.5 years (+/- 6 =
months).
The more content and services that are available dual-stack (v4 and v6) =
by the time that occurs, the less of an issue that fact will be for all =
concerned.
Owen
