A few years ago the Pentagon declared that it wanted the entire internet moved over to IPv6 by 2008. That date, is now 3 years away, and quite reluctantly, not much has occoured other than a few private networks and backbones that have partially moved. IP Exhaustion is still even closer to our doorstep as more and more broadband connections are being put into homes worldwide, whilst datacenters get larger, and the consumer end speed is rising to match the infrastructure that it uses.

So what gives?

http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/ipv6mess.html

This writer seems to feel that every machine should just be moved over, however this thought in itself is stupid as the biggest excuse created by ISP's and datacenters is the concern about upgrading/replacing routers and network hardware with ipv6 compatible gear. Wether or not this is just a dumb whinge or fact is yet to be seen.

Do you think that the internet is going to commence IPv6 moving anytime soon? What will happen to the millions of home routers stuck with IPv4 and NAT? What about routers and networking backbones that link millions together?

Discuss.