On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > If we only cared about the client/server model, IPv4 and NAT would be just > fine, now and for decades to come. The real value-add of IPv6 is peer to > peer. But in order for that to be logistically possible, a client needs to > know the IP address of another client, and one thing I know for *dang* sure > is that you don't want to read a 128-bit IPv6 address over the phone to > somebody typing it into their video conference TV at the other end using > their remote control.
Hi Edward. Isn't this precisely what SIP is for? SIP initiates the connection (hence the name) but the connection itself is carried on by other protocols (like RTP). SIP isn't peer to peer but the connection subsequently negotiated can be. Cheers, Rob -- Email: rob...@timetraveller.org IRC: Solver Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com Open Source: The revolution that silently changed the world _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
