Re: IPv6

[bmanning () karoshi com]

> Andy Dills wrote:
> > Am I the only one that thinks IPv6 is a minimum of ten years out
> > before you see actual non-geek demand?
>
> It will probably happen before that.  The Japanese government
> requirement that all businesses be fully ipv6 compliant before 2005 is
> certainly going to have a major impact on vendor ipv6 implementations,
> from the core to the desktop  So while you may not get 30Mpps on your
> backbone router, you're probably not going to be stuck with a white
> elephant rate-limited to 200Kpps either.  One day, you may even be able
> to run an ipv6-only desktop from vendor M, who knows?
> Nick

        I saw a DISA memo yesterday that mandates IPv6 compliance 
        by 2008.

--bill