Re: quality of v6 connections [Re: unmanaged scope comments]

[Marc Blanchet <Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca>]

-- mardi, septembre 24, 2002 09:36:29 +0300 Pekka Savola
<pekkas@netcore.fi> wrote/a écrit:

> I'll revisit this due to a private comment.
> 
> Perhaps I should clarify this a bit.
> 
> Your take seems to be "how do we solve this problem given the network and 
> v6 connectivity we have".
> 
> Mine is basically "we have a problem with network connectivity and v6 and
> with the current state, turning v6 on for everything will produce
> dissatisfied users".
> 
> With "network connectivity" I'm referring to the 6bone mess.

6bone = experimental network.  6bone is not the IPv6 internet.

> 
> People usually just say, "enable IPv6" but it's more complex that.  As an 
> user that actually uses IPv6 quite a bit, I'd be very hesitant to enable 
> full use in a generic form.
> 
> I'm not sure whether trying to solve this is in our charter or not (or 
> even if it was, would we be able to do anything), but that's one real 
> problem.  6bone mess is hindering IPv6 deployment.

not really. 

> 
> FWIW, I think 6bone addresses etc. are useful to get people started and 
> acquainted with IPv6.  But tunnel-to-everyone, transit-to-everyone mess
> is  not.  Those 6bone sites should be connected as leaf sites to proper 
> connectivity providers.

s/6bone/internet ipv6/

Marc.