[149827] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Common operational misconceptions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Feb 16 08:06:53 2012
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <F97E3FA7-1FD5-488D-BE81-4C26AA34EEDC@puck.nether.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:03:45 -0800
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Jared Mauch wrote:
>=20
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
>=20
>>> IPv6 is operational.
>>=20
>> How is this a misconception? It works fine for me...
>=20
> I think he left off "In Japan". There's been a lot of local politics =
as it relates to the broken nature of IPv6 in japan. When its there, =
it's not globally accessible in many cases (at the consumer or last-mile =
level). Most (all?) major backbones are IPv6 capable these days, but in =
some cases it's 6PE vs "native".
>=20
> IPv6 is operational and does work, but like any protocol there are =
issues. If you are unaware, take a look at what people are trying to =
put into IPv4 still at IETF. The fact that the IPv6 day went so well =
last year, and the IPv6 launch is coming quickly is a reminder its real. =
Me? I can't wait to have this behind us. (Oh, and if you're not at =
least routing your IPv6 space to your lab/NOC LAN, get on it. Even if =
you have to poke the 'security' guys who think you need an IPv6 NAT in =
the eye).
>=20
> - Jared
Yes, I'm well aware of the problems being created by the attempts by NTT =
to force the government to let them be a residential ISP.
Owen
