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Re: Usage of services without IPv6 Support

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 22 April 2020 20:46 UTC

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Subject: Re: Usage of services without IPv6 Support
To: Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu>, ietf@ietf.org
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:46:44 +1200
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On 22-Apr-20 20:09, Loa Andersson wrote:
> All,
> 
> I fully agree that we should make sure that our tools have support
> for IPv6.
> 
> That said we today have tools that does not have this support.
> 
> So we need an ordered transition from "old" tools (ipv4 only) to "new"
> tools (ipv support).
> 
> So when you identify something that is ipv4 only, you also need to
> identify a substitute that has ipv6 support and does not add extra cost
> or extra operational complexity.
> 
> /Loa

Why did anybody bother to write anything after this message from Loa, except +1?

Clearly that's the right policy for IETF tool choices to follow (and has been
for some years).

    Brian

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