IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years

Mark.J - ISPreview writes "The Number Resource Organization, which is made up of the five Regional Internet Registries, has revealed that the rate of new entrants into the IPv6 routing system has increased by 300% over the past two years. The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 123.23.56.98), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement." IPv6 is still gaining ground slowly, particularly in the US.

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Re:IPV4 addresses are NOT running out

[jellomizer]

So you rather rewrite all your application to handle IPv6? You must need more work to do. Here is real life with real life.

1. Many Legacy Applications which will cost millions of dollars to move over first to an OS/Hardware that can support IPv6. Then debug them and fix problems that have been resolved 20 years ago that resurface. BTW Most of these apps have poor documentation at best.

2. Communication with less hip people. You may want to convert to IPv6 but the company you are sharing data with isn't so savvy. So you need to wait until they are ready. And they won't switch because you haven't

3. Old Infrastructure ok your software can do it. Now you need to replace the infrastructure.

So try to explain to your boss that it is better to spend 3 Millions of dollars for IPv6 jump. vs. Spending an extra $100k a year to keep the existing app running with NAT+uPNP patched code. (BTW if you fail to see the math it will take 30 years to get a return on the investment. )