Re: [fun] [homegate] HOMENET working group proposal

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On Jul 1, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Doug Barton wrote:

> On 07/01/2011 13:03, Kenneth Voort wrote:
>> I would also add that future IPv6 capable devices should allow end users to reach the IPv6 Internet
>> from an IPv4-only provider through some means, perhaps tunneling, with no or minimal administrator
>> intervention. I can see many providers remaining IPv4-only long into the future.
> 
> This is an area that we very clearly do not need to get involved in because it will solve itself due to market forces. Right now there is no IPv6-only content that anyone cares about. When that changes, users will start demanding that their provider give them access to it, or vote with their feet.

Whenever people talk about the Internet as if it were just about "access to content", I have to wonder.    The Internet has always been more about conversation than content.  

> To summarize my main point once again, there is nothing for the IETF to do here, the problem will take care of itself.

Quite the contrary.  We still don't have a good transition mechanism that HOMENET could specify.   6to4 has problems as we're now painfully aware; configured tunnels and Teredo have different problems.  There's still room for work in this space if better solutions can be identified.  Though it doesn't seem appropriate to ask the HOMENET WG to develop them.

Keith