Re: chicago IETF IPv6 connectivity

[Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt at gulbrandsen.priv.no>]

Dave Crocker writes:
> Bob Hinden wrote:
> > Maybe we are getting to the point in time where we should only have 
> > IPv6 at IETF meetings or it that's premature run IPv4 behind a 
> > couple of layers of NAT.
>
> On the theory that the ietf meeting net is for production services, 
> wouldn't it make sense to have the time to cut over to pure ipv6 be 
> when production use of ipv4 becomes minimal?

IMNSHO, the sensible time is to do it when the relevant RIR runs out of 
addresses. I'm sure the IETF can get a couple of thousand IPv4 
addresses for temporary use even years after that time, but it would 
seem a little hypocritical to do so.

The network at both of IETF meetings I've attended felt a little 
archaic: abundant addresses, no paperwork, no firewall, no NAT.

Arnt

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