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From: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IPv6 for FreeBSD
Date: 24 Sep 1996 02:00:59 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA
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In article <slrn54djfg.s90.olsenc@misha.ee.washington.edu>,
olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) writes:
> Well, I would suspect the transition to be a slow and painful one. I don't
> think it will be as easy as "flicking a switch." Does anyone know how such
> a transition can be made without detrimental effects? I have not read the
> RFCs for this, and I suspect that it contains a discussion of the
> transition. Does anyone care what to think and how it will go?
>
I skimmed a book on the subject (I forget the name now). It was written by
one of the people on the IETF. I belive the current recomendation is to have
dual stacked hosts.
--
David Cross
ACS Consultant