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The State of IPv6

Posted by timothy on from the send-more-atoms dept.

Gnea writes submits this article "about the current state of IPv6, the Next Generation of Internet Protocol version 6, mostly according to Cisco. It's also an interesting roadmap about where and how IPv6 will proliferate around the world.. Apparently China has a grasp already with Korea and Japan, who leads the "Five key Chinese carriers, including China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom/CSTNET, China Mobile, China RailCom and CERNET (China Education and Research Network), are slated to join CNGI, building their own national IPv6 backbone independently, while interconnecting with at least two IPv6 IX." while Verio appears to have already tuned into some turnkey solutions recently that are publicly available." And SgtChaireBourne writes "ZDNet is reporting that the EU and South Korea will collaborate to develop IPv6 applications and services. The agreement was finalized at the Global IPv6 Service Launch Event in Belgium last week. There are good reasons to move to IPv6, including security, multicasting, simplified header structures, and better routing to name a few."

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  1. Re:This is one area the US could get left behind.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vast majorities don't get left behind.

  2. All Chinese to me by upside · · Score: 5, Funny

    How did they manage to put six carriers in five? Perhaps if you use NAT you can fit six integers in five... Or is it CCT (Chinese Carrier Translation)? "Five key Chinese carriers, including..." 1. China Telecom 2. China Unicom 3. China Netcom/CSTNET 4. China Mobile 5. China RailCom 6. CERNET (China Education and Research Network) "Including" even implies there are more... OK, sorry. I'm tired.

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  3. Vibrators? by illuin · · Score: 3, Funny

    > somewhat hopeful research* suggesting that the average home contains 250 devices (toasters, electric toothbrushes, vibrators?)

    err... ummm... vibrators? I guess that's just further proof that porn really does run the internet!

  4. IPv6 is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'ts well known that *BSD has the best IPv6 support. Thus we can conclude that IPv6 is dying, if not dead. Once Al Gore and Tom Harkin endorse it, we'll know for sure.

  5. Re:This another area the US could get left behind. by Greedo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I assume you meant to say "The US is less densely populated than Europe and Asia".

    Otherwise, I'd beg to differ.

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  6. #1 Reason to Move to IPv6 by cymen · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are good reasons to move to IPv6, including security, multicasting, simplified header structures, and better routing to name a few.

    And the number one reason to move to IPv6 is so we can stop having so many stories about it here! Please, for the love of all that is good, we must adopt IPv6 before slashdot is buried beneath a tsunami of IPv6 stories.