Re: IPv6 support in d-i

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Florian Lohoff <f@zz.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 11:21:01AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
>> > But I can not get a IPv6 capable mirror.  I have tried <http.debian.net>
>> > without success.
>> 
>> You can use DNS64/NAT64 to access IPv4 destinations, you will need to
>> make this possible for some years anyway.
>
> NAT64 breaks to much stuff 

Much more than NAT44?  Like what?

>From my very limited testing I have been surprised by how much actually
works through NAT64.  But clients using temporary addresses will cause
problems for themselves.

> - My humble guess working for ISPs and
> dealing with IPv6 introduction is that we will see DualStack "forever"
> with RFC1918 adresses and NAT44 ...

Maybe.  But given that many customers will be completely satisfied with
a solution where they have access to the IPv4 web via a http proxy, I
believe that we will start to see IPv4 as an extra service you have to
pay for.


Bjørn