On 13/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"</b> <<a href="mailto:johannbg@hi.is">johannbg@hi.is</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Let's disable IPv6 by default and let the user enable it.</blockquote><div><br>No, lets not. Users don't have to care about IPv6.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Which means if not enabled, all service's and configuration should be<br>clean of IPv6 entry's<br>until enabled.</blockquote><div><br>So lets revert a few years of software development then.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The WorldWideWeb is far from switching to IPv6.</blockquote><div><br>Really?<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Institutions/company's wont spent $$$ in buying expensive IPv6 or dual
<br>capable IPv4/IPv6 Hardware<br>unless they are forced to do due so...</blockquote><div><br>Or the equipment that is produced comes with IPv6 capability by default to give the hardware folks a reason to sell more hardware.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I don't know the strategy behind this decision from the beginning?</blockquote>
<div><br>The world is running out of IPv4 addresses and NAT is a stop-gap that breaks things. Plus other nice things like QOS.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
( maybe publicity stunt or to show the world we could )<br>Yeah, weee, the crowd goes wild *applause applause*</blockquote><div><br>Yep, you got it. _That's_ the reason it is being implemented.<br><br></sarcasm>
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Throw the dice and see if you make the reality check..</blockquote><div> </div>
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Let's turn it of by default and reconsider it after 3 - 5 years or later</blockquote>
<div><br>Hell, let's just stop progress altogether. We've landed on the moon after all. There's nothing left to do is there?<br><br>Seriously, can I ask what has prompted this or is it just a slow day at the office?
<br></div><br>Cheers<br>Chris<br></div><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.chruz.com">http://www.chruz.com</a>