[ale] uptime

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 18:44 -0400, Geoffrey wrote: 
> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 16:46 -0400, Geoffrey wrote: 
> >> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 14:52 -0400, Geoffrey wrote: 
> >>>> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> >>>>> And the last time you upgraded the kernel and libraries, and installed
> >>>>> needed security patches was . . . ?
> >>>> Too long.  Internal box, you can't get to it from there.  I promise. ;)
> >>> Make sure nobody brings up any IPv6 routing on you.  You could be in for
> >>> a REAL surprise.  You don't get any warning.  Even if you are deep
> >>> behind an IPv4 NAT.
> > 
> >> This is a box here at home.  No IPv6 running on any of my boxes.
> > 
> > Make sure you don't have any Mac's or the Mac AirPort Express access
> > points either.  Oh, and if you've got any Wifi access points running
> > dd-wrt, you might check those versions as well.  You never can
> > tell.  :-)
> > 
> > Google discovered an unexpectedly high number of IPv6 users from the
> > United States, placing the US in 5th place for IPv6 adoption.  Most of
> > that (but not all of that) was from Mac books and Mac Airport Express
> > AP's that have IPv6 and 6to4 enabled by default.  And yes, they do
> > advertise and yes they do route other devices.  As time goes on, this is
> > going to become more and more common.  Even Comcast is opening up a Beta
> > program for IPv6.  It's not if.  It's when.  You can expect more and
> > more consumer NAT devices and AP's to be picking up the banner.  Doesn't
> > cost them a thing to support it.

> But I would think that's a good thing.  Just be aware. :)

Oh, it is.  It very much so is.  Just be aware that all of your
previously unreachable (on IPv4) systems will now have a globally
addressable address in the IPv6 global unicast address set.

Mike
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