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Every Vista Computer Gets Its Own Domain Name

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the roadblocks-to-rollout dept.

c_forq writes, "According to APC magazine, every new Windows Vista computer will be given its own domain name to access files remotely. There is a catch though: to use it one must be using IPv6. Is the push for Vista also going to be the push finally to switch everything from IPv4 to IPv6?" Microsoft, meanwhile, is trying to convince businesses to adopt both Vista and Office 2007 at once. An analyst is quoted: 'In all likelihood, enterprises will tie deployment of both Vista and Office 2007 with a hardware upgrade cycle.' His reasoning is that it will be easier for companies to handle one disruption to IT systems than two. Or three.

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  1. IPv6 adoption. by caluml · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anything that gets IPv6 in use.
    When is Slashdot going to drag itself into the 21st century, out of interest? It's not that hard. And you can use a tunnel broker if your ISP don't supply native v6.

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    1. Re:IPv6 adoption. by caluml · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "Name one practical, real world use, that isnt solved by natting."

      I suppose your definition of "practical, real world use" is quite limited. But it's late, and I can't be bothered to explain.

      You really want to start having to remember 8 groups of four hexidecimal digits just because "it da futar!"?
      No. There's this new fangled thing recently been making itself known on the internet called DNS. Check it out sometime. Plus, once you're used to your network prefix (2001:141:3*), it's up to you how you manage the addressing within it. E.g. 2001:141:3::1 for your router, 2001:141:3::254 for your switch, or whatever you like. At work, I just map the 192.168.x.y to 2001:414:3:x::y, and it's easy to remember. IPv6 addresses **can**be shorter than the IPv4 equivalents too. 127.0.0.1 > ::1.

      *This isn't my prefix.

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    2. Re:IPv6 adoption. by welsh+git · · Score: 4, Insightful
      NAT is shit, IPv6 means we can get rid of it once and for all
      Whilst I agree about the problems NAT has caused, that's a rather glib statement. It has helped get people out of a hole, and the many home-routers these days with natd have helped insulate PCs from the net for newbies, which can only be a good thing.
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    3. Re:IPv6 adoption. by welsh+git · · Score: 4, Insightful

      With a NAT box in the standard 'home' configuration, where the local network uses private-ip address space, NATed to the single, common IP address, there *is* effective packet filtering (incoming, at least) - whether it's by design or consequence is not relevent!

      Also, unlike a firewall, some viruses and things which may need to determine their 'public' IP address will find the situation harder behind a nat.

      Don't get me wrong, I agree with the sentiments here, and personally have been using IPv6 on all my servers, and all my home machines for many years, and have been involved in big networking projects for many more.. Yes, NAT can be a pain in the butt, but it HAS helped keep Joe Public a little bit more secure!

      Cheers

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  2. Upgrade cycles by fohat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think it is all that wise to upgrade both an OS and a full Office suite at the same time. It's really best to roll out one thing at a time, and make sure it all works. The UI changes alone are going to freak users out. I know of places that are just now rolling out XP, and they are doing it one section at a time. The more testing you do, the safer you are.

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  3. Who knew? by zptao · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Vista will actually be useful... 1) Fueling hardware upgrades 2) Encouraging, on a huge scale, migration to IPv6 3) Fixing a great deal of the holes in WinXP 4) Allowing hardware changes without requiring new installations of Vista 5) etc...

  4. We're not ready for IPv6 yet. by khasim · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most of the spam blocking systems depend upon IP addresses.

    With IPv6, there are (effectively) an unlimited number of IP addresses available for spammers. "Effectively" because no one is going to run a database big enough to track them as fast as the spammers change them. Every message could come from its own IP address on a cracked system.

    And the other article ... no way is it easier to upgrade the hardware, the OS and the apps at the same time. You'll waste too much time trying to find out if the problem is a bad motherboard or driver or ... anything.

  5. Why upgrade? by Carrot007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please try to convince my company to upgrade!

    Every day I use such great microsoft products as NT 4, Office 97 (with outlook upgraded with the free 98 (about a year ago, OL 97 before that), IE 5.5, or is it 5.0? I forget.

    Simple truth is most companies have no reason to upgrade. It aint gonna make them more money.

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  6. Sales guy's wet dream by chill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Vista and Office at the same time? Someone in the sales dept. is smoking crack and dreaming of an annual bonus. Hell, why not upgrade all the servers to 2003, Exchange, etc.!

    How about changing one thing at a time and seeing how it works, first?

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