Re: [ga] A bit off topic: Trouble in Paradise? From:[Fwd: Use of IP6.INT]

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 14:23 28.01.00 -0800, Jeff Williams wrote:
>All,
>
>   I realize this fwd is slightly off topic so please excuse.  But it
>does have some obvious relevance here.

Yes, it is off topic. And irrelevant.

>   I have been participating on the IPv6 related IETF efforts.  It seems
>that there is some "Trouble In Paradise" with the ICANN, ITU and IETF
>on some issues.  (See fwd'ed text)
>
>   It seems that when Esther had her interview with CBS online after
>Santiago she spoke too soon.  Of course, she really know this but was 
>doing some PR prep work as several IETF IPv6 folks including myself had 
>informed
>her prior to that interview with CBS online.  I find this goes to 
>creditability of Esther Dyson herself as well as ICANN in general.  Not to 
>mention misleading many folks of what the future brings with high speed 
>internet.

Given that the discussion referred to in the attachment started quite some 
time after Santiago, it is not unsurprising that Esther didn't know about 
it then.

>   To date IPv8 is much farther along (A private Effort) that the IETF's
>IPv6, as IPv8 is in broad deployment and has none of the problems
>well known to IPv6.  As a point of interest in inaddress translation
>with Dynamic DNS, I wonder if Esther Dyson has the straight scoop,
>or knows what is what from a technical point of view?

Note: Nobody I know has ever seen an IPv8 router.
It seems to have the same status as the members of INEGroup.

IPv6 is part of shipping products.

                 Harald A

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