On 24/11/2008, at 12:22 PM, Regan Murphy wrote:
While reading the pre-beta documentation for Windows 2008 R2 I came across the following paragraphs under the section entitled "Simplified Remote Connectivity for Corporate Computers":
"In order to benefit from DirectAccess, you must be able to access the resources within your intranet by using IPv6. If your organization has an IPv6 routable infrastructure, no IPv6 translation is required. If you have resources that only have IPv4 addressing, you will need to provide IPv6-to-IPv4 transition services." (page 69)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/1/F2146213-4AC0-4C50-B69A-12428FF...
Perhaps Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 might provide a good reason for customers to look at deploying IPv6 after all..
Of course - IPv6's killer app is end-to-end. Good to see people other than bit torrent people have recognised this. But really - MS have been on the ball on this for years - that's why they developed Teredo. Teredo is a NAT traversal technology first and foremost. That it uses IPv6 as a compatibility layer in the middle is secondary. -- Nathan Ward