[Asterisk-Dev] need some suggestions

steve szmidt steve at szmidt.org
Mon Nov 29 17:01:50 MST 2004


On Monday 29 November 2004 01:34 pm, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> Gregory Junker wrote:
> > My reply is somewhat off-topic to the thread, but....IPv6 is an answer
> > to a problem that no longer exists...kinda like satellite phones when
> > cell phones were just hitting critical mass. IPv6, while still
> > sophisticated, has been marginalized by the fixes to NAT issues (such
> > as NAT-T and even technologies like UPnP).
>
> Greg may be right, but the reality is that several large corporations
> and even some Government agencies (including US DoD) have stated they
> intend to change to IPv6.  I believe some of them, DoD included, have
> even set deadlines.
>
> In other words, people will need IPv6 support in Asterisk sooner or
> later, whether IPv6 itself is necessary or not.
>

IPv6 is not a matter of if, but when. IPv6 is being used much more 
internationally and sooner or later we will need to catch up. 

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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