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IPv6 Tested in Space
An anonymous reader writes "Remember the Cisco router orbiting on a satellite in space? Well, it's now also the first to run IPv6 in space. Since no-one is choosing to run IPv6 on the ground, isn't this a bit pointless?"
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This is nothing new. The ill fated STS-107 carried a complete CANDOS pacage offering a wealth of IP protocols. In fact UoSat-12 back in May of 2000 ran an ftp server. The only thing new here is IPV6. IPV4 has been in space for a long time. You an find more about this at our website http://ipinspace.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Since nobody runs ipv6????? Sad, that so many Americans are clueless. Asia has moved into IPv6 in a big way, esp. China. They are all hoping to get a jump on it before we do. China, Japan, and even South Korea have pushed it like there is no tomorrow.
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3G mobile networks utilise IPv6, AIUI; I've a feeling it's part of the specs (well, everything is specified somewhere in mobile telco land), which makes it part of the business model.
Bonjour does not rely on IPv6 - IPv6 autoconf was based on Appletalk autoconf, as was Apple's Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous). Bonjour works just fine with no v6 on the network.
And Apple's business model is absolutely not dependent on Bonjour: I think perhaps you are misunderstanding the term "business model." An example of a business model is:
"We give away high-quality software for free to get people to buy our hardware, where we make high margins" - that's an example of Apple's business model.
"By becoming the de-facto standard desktop environment, we encourage customers to buy applications from us which are specifically geared for that environment" - that's an example of Microsoft's business model.
Notice that neither of those models require calling out a specific technology. Any company which is completely dependent on a single technology will find itself obsolete when the next big thing is created.
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run nslookup or ping, and then c&p.
I also don't know why you think apache needs ip addresses. It understands DNS hostnames perfectly well, in VirtualHost blocks, Listen, etc.
That doesn't mean they're running it. My MacBook right now says this:
IPv6 auto-assigns link-local addresses, much like the IPv4 169.255.0.0/16 addresses you see when no DHCP is running. I did nothing to set up that "%en1" address, I have never used it, and in fact it can't actually be used anywhere but on that network segment. All this means is that their equipment supports it, which is much more likely than them having upstream IPv6 connectivity and actually learning to use it.
No one uses IPv6. Your other example is equally bogus. The hospital you mentioned is probably just asking for experience with it because someone saw it in a trade magazine, similar to the people who were asking for "10 years Java experience" when Java had only existed outside of Sun for three years. Or because they know a particular person with IPv6 on his/her resumé and have made the job requirements so (s)he will be the only one who matches them. In a university- or government-run institution, that's how you get around the affirmative action people when you want to hire from within. I have seen it happen at a hospital.
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