Vietnam plans to convert all of its networks to IPv6

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/vietnam_digital_infrastructure_policy/

by IgorPartola • 2 years ago

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Article is vague on the most critical point: Does this mean IPv6-only? (That's the plain meaning of "convert".)

Because for an entire nation to go IPv6-only is a huge step, and may force the hand of Big Tech at a "tipping point" that Dan Bernstein said may never come.

If everyone in Vietnam, and hopefully a few more nations, is eventually unable to reach IPv4-based servers, then hopefully that will spur adoption everywhere else! But to cut off service like that is nearly unthinkable here in the West. Could you imagine if Comcast just said "ok, we're terminating your IPv4 access now, glhf!"

wmf2• 2 years ago

"IPv6 only" includes transition tech (usually NAT64+DNS64) so clients can still reach IPv4 servers. No one is seriously talking about cutting themselves off from half the Internet.

AStonesThrow2• 2 years ago

Interesting; those techs do not seem to be on djb's radar in his undated, and rather outdated, diatribe.

https://cr.yp.to/djbdns/ipv6mess.html

So if NAT64+DNS64 moderate this, it seems like there's no meaningful barrier to IPv6-only clients. But, NAT64 translators seem as user-hostile as CGNAT. If this is "transition only", at what point can those translators be removed? Is there an exit plan that would present a smooth and clean, IPv6-only experience, once full transition is accomplished? Or will these be an enduring crutch for decades to come?

Vietnam plans to convert all of its networks to IPv6

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