There are a number of potential benefits to IPv6, including security, QoS and address allocation. However, the technology is still immature. Besides the vendors, nobody except the Department of Defense and countries in the Asia-Pacific region is giving IPv6 serious consideration at this time. On the other hand, if IPv6 ever does take hold, there will be many islands that need to be connected.
Peter Morrissey is a full-time faculty member of Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, and a contributing editor and columnist for Network Computing. Write to him at [email protected].
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