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This is scarcely the first time that a "reporter" has taken quotes from NANOG and spliced them together into a news story. Analysts do it too. I guess one of the weaknesses of this kind of forum is that the kooks (Jim Fleming) come off looking as credible as those who have a clue (like Stephen Sprunk or Dave Israel in this case). Now, please pardon me while I write "do not talk to reporters" on the blackboard, 500 times. - Daniel Golding > Jeroen Massar Said.. > > Joe Baptista wrote: > > > Thanks to everyone who helped out. > But you didn't actually read now did you? > Oh well you are a reporter nobody can blame you for doing work ;) > But to pull some things straight: > > " IPv6, a suite of protocols for the network layer, > uses IPv4 gateways to interconnect IPv6 nodes and comes > prepackaged with some popular operating systems. " > > Cool, so *NATIVE* IPv6 doesn't exist? > Many transitional techniques use intermediate IPv4 hops to > connect IPv6 islands, that doesn't mean everything uses it. > > http://unfix.org/projects/ipv6/IPv6andIPv4.gif > > "IPv6 has suffered bad press over privacy issues. > Jim Fleming, the inventor of IPv8, a competing protocol, > sees many hazards and privacy flaws in existing IPv6 implementations." > > Competing? There is <yell>no such thing as Jim Flemings IPv8</yell> > There is IPv8* but that is PIP (The P Internet Protocol) which is > *NOT* the thing Mr. Fla^Heming is spamming about all the time. > * = http://www.iana.org/assignments/version-numbers > Maybe Mr. Fleming could write up a draft of his 'standard' sometime? > I could start shouting that you are bad and that Man.v2 is much better > now does that help anywhere? > > And one can easily change his/her local EUI so where's the problem > there? > One also mostly comes from the same /48 so where is the problem. > > "Another obstacle raised by NANOG operators is that there is currently > no commercial demand for IPv6 at this time." > > Which is true in the .US and mostly true in europe, but in Asia there > is demand and IPv6 is happening. And that America is lagging behind ah > well ;) > > Next time when you ask things, use them in your articles... > > Greets, > Jeroen > > >
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