[6bone] v6 on slashdot

Dan Reeder dan@reeder.name
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:29:19 +1000


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>From today's Slashdot.org....
ar32h writes "The 6bone is going to be phased out soon. This means all =
of us who have IP addresses or subnets beginning with 3ffe from tunnel =
brokers like Freenet6 are going to be sorry out of luck." According to =
the linked phaseout plan, "It is anticipated that under this phaseout =
plan the 6bone will cease to operate by July 1, 2006, with all 6bone =
prefixes fully reclaimed by the IANA," but there are a number of =
sub-deadlines along the way.=20

I don't know what to make of this... I can't help but feel that, without =
further public education (eg incite riots outside rir offices), the =
public non-nerdy perception of the whole IPv6 scene and technology is =
(was) nothing but a '.com gimmick'.

dan


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From today's =
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<DIV><A href=3D"http://slashdot.org/~ar32h/">ar32h</A> writes <I>"The <A =

href=3D"http://www.6bone.net/">6bone</A> is going to be <A=20
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luck."</I> According to the linked phaseout plan, "It is anticipated =
that under=20
this phaseout plan the 6bone will cease to operate by July 1, 2006, with =
all=20
6bone prefixes fully reclaimed by the IANA," but there are a number of=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't know what to make of this... I =
can't help=20
but feel that, without further public education (eg incite riots=20
outside&nbsp;rir offices), the public non-nerdy perception of the whole =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>dan</FONT></DIV>
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