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Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-required-01.txt> (IPv6Support Required for all IP-capable nodes) to Proposed Standard

Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Tue, 23 August 2011 14:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-required-01.txt> (IPv6Support Required for all IP-capable nodes) to Proposed Standard
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On 22 Aug 2011, at 23:53, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> +1 to Ned. I can't see why this draft seems to make some people
> go defensive - it isn't saying "IPv4 is evil" or anything silly
> like that, it's just saying "IPv6 is the future".
> 
> RFC1122v6 is another matter entirely. We clearly aren't ready
> for it yet, but draft-ietf-6man-node-req-bis is a step on the way.

I agree with Ned and Brian.

Tim

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