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Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed
Esther Schindler writes "According to this article at IT Expert Voice, Windows 7 and IPv6: Useful at Last?, we've had so many predictions that this will be 'the year of IPv6' that most of us have stopped listening. But the network protocol may have new life breathed into it because IPv6 is a requirement for DirectAccess. DirectAccess, a feature in Windows 7, makes remote access a lot easier — and it doesn't require a VPN. (Lisa Vaas interviews security experts and network admins to find out what they think of that idea.) The two articles examine the advantages and disadvantages of DirectAccess, with particular attention to the possibility that Microsoft's sponsorship may give IPv6 the deployment push it has lacked."
Why type either? You should look at getting DNS up and running on your systems. It's a bit cutting edge, but well worth it.
Yeah, typing in IP addresses is a pain in those situations. Maybe in future Microsoft will add a "cut" and "paste" feature to Windows 7, like they have in OSX - that should make life easier.
It is a very tough feature to code however, just ask the guys who failed to add it to the iphone for several years...
Anyone can type a DNS name. An ipv4 address is a bit cooler. But just imagine your coworker's respect when they see you telnet to 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334
.sig: No such file or directory
IPv6, with its 128-bit addresses and the resulting astronautical address range seemed the perfect answer.
Sad but true. For some reason I just had a thought that at some point when we run drastically low on IPv4 space, the US gov might, much like it did with the analog to digital TV transition, be handing out coupons for low end crappy IPv6 routers.