RE: [tlug] IPv6 in Japan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J. Turnbull
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:51 PM

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> The WIDE Project (centered at Keio U, I believe) has always been one
> of the main proponents and developers of IPv6.  I've never seen an
> IPv6 address in the wild, though.  (I admit I haven't looked hard.)
> 
> What exactly do you mean by "have IPv6", by the way?  For example,
> every recent Linux box "has IPv6" in the sense of having very
> conformant implementations of getaddrinfo and friends.  Do you mean
> "offers routing of IPv6 addresses" or "offers assignments of IPv6
> addresses" or "complies with IPv6 protocols" or what?
> 

What is required for IPv6 compatability.  Does it require an
entire new set of name servers?  Does it require a totally new
set of hardware?  Basically, how do the current IP protocols and
the IPv6 interact on a network?  Is it possible for a person to
run their own IPv6 name server, that gets information from other
IPv6 name servers?  If there is not a lot of mainstream support
yet, It may be necessary for people to support it at a personal
level at first.  That is, afterall, what was required to start
this whole beast that we think of now as the web.

Can such a nameserver be pointed to by a standard domain server?
If not, how does a machine find other IPv6 networks on the web
at large?

Does anyone know a good book on the subject, because I know
that that questions I just posted are more network theory type
stuff, but I would still like to know. :-)

Also, if name servers are needed, how would one set up an
IPv6 name server? ;-)

-- 
Ken the easily confused.