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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...