Subj : The future of IPv4 (was: vanity mode engaged)
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Jul 24 2017 17:26:22

Hello Tony,

On Monday July 24 2017 21:59, you wrote to me:

 MvV>> So you are planning on supporting incoming IPv4 for as long as
 MvV>> you can. If need be at extra cost.

Just for the record, I would not mind paying a modest amount, such as EUR 10/year, if that would solve my problems.

 TL> Ham radio apps at a class lag behind, very few of them actually
 TL> support IPv6, so there will be somewhat of a need - use IPv6 where I
 TL> can, IPv4 where there's no other choice.

I am old fashioned. I still use the aether when makinh HAM contacts... :-)

But of course there is my other hobby: Fidonet. Still plenty of IPv4 only legacy software around.

 MvV>> I am going the other way. I plan on fasing out IPv4 as soon as
 MvV>> practical. Dual stack and DS-Lite are transition mechanisms. One
[..]
 MvV>> use of IPv6. But when the IPv6 train really gets on steam, the
 MvV>> next step would be to discourage the use of IPv4.

 TL> That is a sound plan.  I'm not able to go there yet, because of thos
 TL> whole class of IPv4 apps, and some of those being infrastructure, they
 TL> face similar migration issues that their creators haven't yet started
 TL> to address. :(

Old Man... ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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