Re:IPv6 versus NAT (and a proposal to bring back SOCKS)
by Fice on Monday April 11, 2011 @08:36AM
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The real reason for low adoption of IPv6 is that it would decrease demand in hosting and clould services at least for personal use as everyone will be able to access their home computers from everywhere. Service providers does not want IPv6.
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Re:IPv6 versus NAT (and a proposal to bring back SOCKS)
by alyrik on Monday April 11, 2011 @08:39AM
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Interesting point, that... Addresses being scarce and valuable would play into the hands of large ISPs who already have a lot of addresses! Discuss! :-)
Re:IPv6 versus NAT (and a proposal to bring back SOCKS)
by ch0wn on Monday April 11, 2011 @08:42AM
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That's already reality. In March Microsoft bought a block pof IPv4 addresses for about 7.5 Million USD: http://www.dotspress.com/microsoft-buys-ipv4-addresses/77150...