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Sale of IPv4 Addresses Hindering IPv6 Adoption

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-we-blame-al-gore-for-this dept.

hal9000(jr) writes "While IPv6 day was a successful marketing campaign, is anyone really moving to IPv6? On World Launch Day, Arbor Networks noted a peak of only .2% of IPv6 network traffic. It appears that IPv4 addresses are still valuable and are driving hosting acquisitions. Windows 8 will actually prefer IPv6 over IPv4. If you want IPv6, here's what to do about it."

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  1. Buy an IPv4 Address Here!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For sale, one barely used 127.0.0.1 ip address. $5000. First come first serve!

  2. Re:IPV6 == no security by ftp+coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, I think worrying about someone scanning the 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses in your /64 is a valid concern.

  3. Re:delays ... delays ... delays... nothing but del by camperdave · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The sale of IPv4 addresses isn't what is delaying IPv6, but rather:
    • Lack of IPv6 ready devices.
    • The sense that the IPv6 specification is still in a state of flux. Site local addresses have come and gone, being replaced with unique local addresses. Unique local addresses are supposed to be randomly generated, however, there are movements to have a central registry for these. A number of schemes for encoding an IPv4 address in IPv6 have come and gone, as well as certain allocations of address ranges.
    --
    When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!