eComStation and IPv6

IP 6 currently is kind of a no-brainer.

Why ? While we might look into IP 6 support later down the line. But let me give some people some hard facts...

IP 6 is needed for the internet. IP 4 address are running out. In the Netherlands the first ISP is selling internet connections with IP 6. The world as no choice if the internet is not to grind to a halt.

However there are going to be masses and masses of systems running IP 4 apps for years to come. The new ADSL modems coming out support IP 6 on the outside and and IP 4 / IP 6 on the outside. We will enter a transistion period of a few years.

Next to that IP 6 is far from secure and protocol loop holes are being found and fixed. Its kind of neglected this transfer to IP 6, it as been delayed to long. The result if IP 4 and IP 6 will have to run next to each other on the internet and gateways will be created...

So the result for OS/2/eComStation is currently we won't go out in the cold because IP 4 will be around for a long time..

Roderick Klein (Mensys BV)