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If You Think You Can Ignore IPv6, Think Again
wiredmikey writes "Now that the last IPv4 address blocks have been allocated, it's expected to take several months for regional registries to consume all of their remaining regional IPv4 address pool. The IPv6 Forum, a group with the mission to educate and promote the new protocol, says that enabling IPv6 in all ICT environments is not the endgame, but is now a critical requirement for continuity in all Internet business and services. Experts believe that the move to IPv6 should be a board-level risk management concern, equivalent to the Y2K problem or Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. During the late 1990s, technology companies worldwide scoured their source code for places where critical algorithms assumed a two-digit date. This seemingly trivial software development issue was of global concern, so many companies made Y2K compliance a strategic initiative. The transition to IPv6 is of similar importance. If you think you can ignore IPv6, think again."
I'd rather have NAT for v6 too
Why?
There are always so many people saying they want NAT, but if addresses are plentiful then it serves absolutely no purpose. I think that most people who see it as necessary are confusing its function with a firewall. You do not need NAT to do the same things your home router does today. You can still block all incoming connections to a computer and allow all outgoing connections. You can still allow specific ports to be opened to specific machines.
Using a public address on your internal network doesn't automatically mean that you need to just allow any traffic in. Use a firewall to "stealth" every port and there will continue to be no evidence that you have a computer there.