>I think you're being unfair to the audience. The main complaints here aren't >about the consequences of those legacy problems, they're about the fact that IPv6 >is just such a mediocre designed-by-committee protocol.
That's every standard protocol.
>Your point about mobile networks kind of illustrates this. There are all sorts of >weird and wonderful protocols used in the mobile world, and it doesn't matter >because 99.999% of us never have to deal with it, and the 0.001% that do have >time and space to become experts. IPv6 isn't like that -- it needs to be a >consumer grade protocol that people can understand and work with. It either fails >that test, or perhaps at best scrapes a borderline pass. We deserved better.
Wireline networks aren't any different, gobs of weird and wonderful protocols in MEF, carrier TE, DOCSIS, etc. Implementation issues drive 90% of the problems described. And don't think for a second that those kinds of issues are unique - all of this happened the same way in IPv4. It just happened so long ago that most either were not around for it, or forgot the pain. that shit box was classful in its original state. The difference now is that a bunch of people can see the sausage getting made and they don't like the ingredients, even though they've likely been eating the sausage for years.
That's every standard protocol.
>Your point about mobile networks kind of illustrates this. There are all sorts of >weird and wonderful protocols used in the mobile world, and it doesn't matter >because 99.999% of us never have to deal with it, and the 0.001% that do have >time and space to become experts. IPv6 isn't like that -- it needs to be a >consumer grade protocol that people can understand and work with. It either fails >that test, or perhaps at best scrapes a borderline pass. We deserved better.
Wireline networks aren't any different, gobs of weird and wonderful protocols in MEF, carrier TE, DOCSIS, etc. Implementation issues drive 90% of the problems described. And don't think for a second that those kinds of issues are unique - all of this happened the same way in IPv4. It just happened so long ago that most either were not around for it, or forgot the pain. that shit box was classful in its original state. The difference now is that a bunch of people can see the sausage getting made and they don't like the ingredients, even though they've likely been eating the sausage for years.