On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Jaidev Sridhar wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 21:22, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> It provides a handy space to comment at the bottom. >> >> Perhaps people here would like to let M$ know that it would be preferable >> to provide pointers to real workable IPv6 connectivity solutions rather than >> merely hotwire the system to temporarily bypass IPv6 in favor of IPv4. >> >> That's the path I chose. > > I guess you're all missing the point here. I've never agreed too much > with M$, but what they're doing is right. IPv6 stacks are quite mature > these days but IPv6 connectivity can be broken due to incorrectly > implemented networks / tunnels (see: > http://ripe61.ripe.net/presentations/223-World_IPv6_day.pdf). >
I'm not missing the point, just suggesting that it would be better if Micr0$0ft were part of the solution instead of just hotwiring past the problem. > For those clients there is no option other than disabling IPv6. No, there is the option of troubleshooting why IPv6 doesn't work for them and working to correct it. > Hopefully the service providers & network admins get to identify and > fix issues. This problem is not client OS specific. I'm all for M$ > bashing, but not for this reason. > I didn't see where in the M$ propaganda it suggested calling your ISP or network admin to have them help you fix the issue, so, I don't see how what they are proposing has any hope of enabling this. Owen > -Jaidev > >> >> Owen >> >> On Jun 2, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2533454/ >>> >>> Uh... >>> >>> -Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) >>> >>> iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJN6A4VAAoJEG+kcEsoi3+H7uoQAMrSuAXqXo+L+Wkiqx+OvwU8 >>> v4TJEeTU8Hp+ap0Kuka0Jq2HFC2ReABwfwZEX9wywdcXKFYu1u8znVa6neX6rjcv >>> uxghsoqZEp9A4KB/J2q/ulM6B8/40oRHK1IuHdv0fZwC0oLyJ1W10n1VzsiE3qxx >>> JOWbn1SIPo4nXnTIVU60yDOySlsclpW3fuqQoUIHzwEZEFgYf2l7ywcPfuCvVQJw >>> FuqASIk0c9hQJVnBKTpaIQaNdRExkYtQSs5i8+TyzxhyGx1XGDOeJoRHRBQhSfcS >>> DS8Vuwvblh+UjGFDIEF9Oen7NxrK2xjBCJIDV+MbJwAJdjs5wM3H9nFdhCX9Z2cl >>> TRIj4/qQcS7m8cl4gNFY3nplALrWHjs2WK8jk0HlDnEgvSe7D2YC6Te5vnGgY9sX >>> JXif1D36Pzx1V1JwbmMIwvvlUalPH/jyciMVUGrMMKc+0w7/75IerzGsSabdTIzJ >>> t0/4jh5/h8db+q37CfN1Xj/gWkBcIyXmGGCd3pny4+YJwI5hnspWoeRq5lkB64Pn >>> zDCJANGd5PZxtcTBgYJkZCK+sNjzycThkS1UP8pKdajbyQNlbRWkDFbQwMQ0DQEa >>> IanX3BioesZmfashzRu+khdczhLVtFLKLUT7/yI2RqQOekx5sO+HqzTIiIIp5mkd >>> KbOBvdIvnaz5FI94I8jk >>> =OyB3 >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy.
