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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."
Where is that written? Who will enforce this "rule"? You seem to be forgetting the cardinal rule of ISP: Gouge baby gouge!. So what will most likely happen IRL is this: The ISPs to "prevent an IPV6 shortage" will give you a SINGLE address and then charge $5-$10 PER ADDRESS for more. Why shouldn't they? It is easy profits baby!
Then some Chinese manufacturer that don't give a shit about your rules will hack together an IPV6 NAT because he sees profits to be had. It will be a seriously hacked together POS, but because the bunch in charge of IPV6 were too high and mighty to even consider NAT we will end up with the kludge that WILL become the standard.
Never forget the first rule of big business: ALWAYS charge for everything you possibly can!!
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
No, IPv4 will become valuable real-estate. Ask anyone if they prefer a 10 digit phone number or a 40 digit phone number because all the 10 digits ran out. Or a short domain name over a long domain name. The IPv4 addresses will become the original short IPs that all the large companies have already horded. Websites will prefer to be reachable over IPv4 and IPv6 visibility will be secondary. That's because IPv4 is accessible by the whole world one way or another and IPv6 will only be visible to a few early adopters.