[c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

[Daniel Verlouw]

On Aug 26, 2009, at 9:18 PM, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>> With IPv6 you can get rid of DHCP, forget VPN's, forget DDNS, forget
>> HSRP, and most importantly you no longer need NATs that understand  
>> every
>> protocol that runs through it and so remove a possible single point  
>> of
>> failure.
>
> Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those
> points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement.


seconded. And currently there's no way we're gonna live without HSRP/ 
VRRPv6. Waiting for RA/NUD to timeout is just way too slow (besides,  
several OSs behave quirky with multiple default gateways presents).

No VPNs? What about host-to-host IPSec VPNs (e.g MS DirectAccess)?

     --Daniel.