Re: Moving forward on Site-Local and Local Addressing

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>> IPv6 IS IPv4 with more bits.
>>>
>>> On the contrary it is much more if you go down behind the user and 
>>> look
>>> at the protocol and implementation.  It depends on ones view.  I am
>>> debating this with Geoff now on his Myth article and there will 
>>> another
>>> article soon.
>>
>> In that sense you are probably right. But for the end-user, network 
>> manager or the Carrier financial department, it's just more bits. 
>> There are a number of ways that we have changed HOW things are done, 
>> but it's still the same things.
>
> And, I think this is a _positive_ thing which actually helps IPv6 
> getting deployed. People not knowing much about Internet doesn't have 
> to buy another $1k/day training just because they have to enter other 
> "things" in their computers.

Yes, I don't think I was clear on that.

- kurtis -

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