Subj : RIPE to run out of IPv4 this week?
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Andre Grueneberg
Date : Wed Aug 01 2012 20:27:04

Hi Michiel

Michiel van der Vlist schrieb:

 AG>> Well, by now anything without IPv6 is crippled internet. :)
 MvdV> Well, I think that is a bit harsh. Yet...

Well at least they are not offering IP then ... only a subset of it. See RFC6540 aka BCP177.

 MvdV> Honestly compels me to admit that I have not yet run into a
 MvdV> situation of "for this service you need IPv6". Nor have I heard
 MvdV> of anyone else in The Netherlands running into that situation.

The problem for the IPv6 requirement is not so much in the services, but it's in the end nodes. Any ISP with growing subscriber counts will soon not be able to sell real IPv4, but only NATed on ... like mobile operators generally already do for ages.

 MvdV> Do you know of any services that are only available via IPv6? 

Yes, I do. ;)

CU Andre               E-Mail: andre@grueneberg.de 
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