Good movement, but the US Government is not the whole world, if others will follow, then there will be no problem at all, but my friend, we are waiting since 1995 (not 1998 :D). Khaled Omar -----Original Message----- From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Ringsmuth Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 6:20 PM To: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What's going on with the IETF. Ultimately, what I think needs to happen is a Very Big Player to grow a pair. If, for instance, the US Government said that, effective January 1, 2025, all federal computing infrastructure which connects to the Internet, and all federal contractors connecting to US Government computers, will be required to connect over IPv6, THEN we would see some movement. Call it an "IPv4 Vaccine Mandate." -Andy > On Sep 9, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> If an organizations wants some IPv4 addresses but can't get any, wouldn't that be an incentive for that organization to deploy IPv6? > > Yes, right, but can you convince all of them to deploy IPv6? > > Khaled Omar > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randall Gellens [mailto:rg+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 6:09 PM > To: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Scott Bradner <sob@xxxxxxxxx>; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: What's going on with the IETF. > > On 9 Sep 2021, at 8:17, Khaled Omar wrote: > >> It means we will have two blocks, IPv4-only block, and IPv6-only >> block, where is the communication between them with an applied >> solution, still nothing. >> >> Most organizations still don't accept to have IPv6 in their networks, >> and at the same time they cannot have IPv4 due to the depletion, so >> where are we going?!!!!! > > If an organizations wants some IPv4 addresses but can't get any, wouldn't that be an incentive for that organization to deploy IPv6? > > --Randall >
