[ipv6-wg] IPv6 cloud!

Hi Sander and list,

Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl> writes:

> [DS-Lite starting to hurt on the content side]
>
> It is starting. I know of one bank that is enabling IPv6 on their
> online banking to avoid NAT444/DS-Lite/etc problems. For them the
> major problem is that their fraud detection algorithm can't do their
> work properly if everybody keeps coming in over CGN.

it is indeed.  But banks are more IT-savvy and more security aware than
most other enterprises, so while the market is growing, it still is
surprisingly (and frustratingly) small.

But it takes time for the word to spread, and more often than not people
mistake IPv6 for the actual problem, rather than IPv4 over DS-Lite etc.

>> What I
>> find plain weird is that the cloud providers don't realize this as a
>> huge chance to get (and lock-in...) customers who need an IPv6 solution
>> on short notice.
>
> I agree. There could be a very nice market for them in the near future
> if they would support IPv6. The CDNs seem to have realised this by
> now...

This is another one of those weird things.  The CDNs to my knowledge
just got it up and running, but why on earth are the cloud providers
lagging behind?  With regard to networking they are doing pretty much
the same: They host some customers stuff and make sure it is accessible
from around the world.

Hmm.


Cheers,

    Benedikt

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