<div>Here in New York we had a "wrap up meetup". A nice contingent of network admins showed up and happily debated arcane details as well as explaining v6 and speculating on its future with some of our regulars. Reps from WebAir, NYI, and NTT-America presented.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There was a general consensus that adoption is a three stage process 1) networks (mostly there) 2) content (getting there) and 3) eyeballs (yet to begin) , and we are about halfway through the process with the pace accelerating at a satisfactory rate.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The point, made earlier in the Hong Kong panel - that a critical moment would arrive when the commodity price of IPv4 addresses became so big that it outstripped average operational revenue from same - was eagerly discussed. Like Hong Kong it was speculated that that would be the crest of the bubble, which would deflate rapidly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The new security challenges provided by increased direct addressing were another concern. It was suggested that much security would become the province of devices rather than networks.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Geoff Huston's reminder in HK that v6 would mean the end of torrenting - as there would no longer be packet anonymity - was not taken seriously. Spoofing of mac addresses was considered likely. It was also noted that torrenting is currently in decline as easier legit methods of content distribution increase.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The meeting finished with a playing of Geoff's closing remarks in HK via YouTube.</div><div><br></div><div>What I was surprised to find amongst those present was that they had no - or limited - knowledge of ISOC. IETF the sysadmins knew, but not ISOC. I had recruited them via nanog. (There was also a lawyer who showed up via InternetWeekNY ) I was obviously very happy to bring them into the chapter's fold. When I suggested we have a followup meeting to discuss peering there was much enthusiasm.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Then we went off to a nearby pub for drinks where we were regaled with tales of network shenanigans and other good stuff. </div><div><br></div><div>j</div><br>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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