Subj : Re: List of IPv6 nodes
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sun Jun 19 2016 13:24:00

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MvV> Don't forget MBBS. It actually had IPv6 capability before Binkd. But
 MvV> nobody noticed until after Binkd had it too.

Never having used MBBS, I can't comment.

 TL> BBSs still need to.

 MvV> So does D'bridge and the Argus/Taurus/whatver family. I have hopes for
 MvV> D'bridge, but have doubts about Argus and its cousins. Maybe we should
 MvV> just forget about them. I have dumped Irex because it became clear that
 MvV> it would never support IPv6. It tool me a long time to make that step,
 MvV> but I never regretted it.

I'd agree there.  D'Bridge may make the leap, the others doubtful.

 TL> Ham radio is another area with very poor IPv6 support.  Meanwhile in
 TL> the mainstream world, IPv6 is everywhere, even though one is not aware
 TL> of it normally, because it "just works".

 MvV> Oh, yes. The Internet backbone is IPv6 enabled, all major OSs support
 MvV> it. All major browsers and e-mail stuff supports it. VOIP seems to
 MvV> still be a bit behind. But indeed, for most users it "just works".

Well, browsing, a significant percentage of sites I visit are IPv6.  Almost all
of my email (Gmail) happens over IPv6, for starters, so mainstream applications
are well and truly there.  But I have to do a bit of digging to find out,
because it's transparent.


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