From: D. J. Bernstein (djb_at_no.spam)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 21:38:31 PST
I'm asking why I ``SHOULD configure both A and AAAA records.'' This
seems like a complete waste of time. Is it useful? If so, how? If this
massive renumbering is necessary for the IPv6 transition---which it
isn't, according to the published transition plans---then why is it only
for MX servers, and why isn't it a MUST?
Michel Py writes:
> 1. The same reason as "why do people climb mountains".
> - Because it's there.
That's a dumb answer.
> 2. Because in 5 or 10 years, people that have had early exposure to IPv6
> and know half of the issues still unknown as of today will make twice as
> much as people that don't and will lead the development of the "next
> generation Internet" or whatever you want to call it.
That's even dumber.
Hint for the clueless: The reason that there's a potential market for
IPv6 is that IPv6 addresses are intrinsically less expensive than IPv4
addresses. If, however, IPv6 addresses are less _useful_ than IPv4
addresses---because, for example, they won't talk to most of the
Internet unless millions of sysadmins ``climb mountains''---then people
will stick to mechanisms that work, such as web proxies and NAT.
---Dan
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