[IP] More on China Builds a Better Internet
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From: Wulf Losee <qx49@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 22, 2006 5:27:55 PM GMT+02:00
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: More on China Builds a Better Internet
Dave:
I found the final quote in that posting to be the most amusing. Our
IT professional from the Feds misses the point completely.
First, yes, IPv6 has a much larger address space to work with, but a
larger address space in and of itself has no effect on the
applications that run over it. There's little about IPv6 that changes
the nature of the Internet -- except that some people seem to be
wishfully thinking that we'll be able to do away with private address
spaces and NAT (Network Address Translation). Frankly, I doubt if
that will happen. Corporations and government agencies will want
their private IPv6 address spaces securely hidden behind firewalls.
Second, having an information technology professional from the Feds
worried that IPv6 deployment is the *single* key that will keep us
from falling behind, shows that we've already fallen behind --
because he doesn't understand the ramifications, or rather the non-
ramifications, of IPv6. If the Feds don't want us to fall behind,
they need to put their money where their mouth is and fund research
into more efficient layer 4 protocols, improved routing algorithms,
and improved Application Layer protocols. Having a bigger address
space isn't going to substitute for research grants.
cheers!
--Wulf
At 03:07 PM 9/22/2006 +0200, you wrote:
But that's exactly what's happening, in large part because few people
in the United States know the threat exists. "Over time IPv6 could
revolutionize what we can do with the Internet," says David Powner,
director of information technology management issues for the
Government Accountability Office. "My concern is that we will get
behind."
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