[Chapter-delegates] 回覆： Re: ISOC-HK Kickstart IPv6! webcast 0600UTC

[Charles Mok]

Wow, it is great to know that we were watched in NY! :)


On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> The meeting finished with a playing of Geoff's closing remarks in HK via
> YouTube.
>
> 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.
>
> Then we went off to a nearby pub for drinks where we were regaled with
> tales of network shenanigans and other good stuff.
>
> j
>
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