On Mon, 26 May 2003 17:43:08 +1200, Simon Byrnand
Most of the things that have devloped on the internet have involved stepping stones that gave some measure of backward compatibility or transition phase until the old stuff was well and truly obsolete, but for something as fundamental as ip addresses its a big jump no matter what you do.... :/ Just think about all the legacy software that doesn't and never will work with ipv6 addressing too...(Win95 anyone ? :)
There are v4 to v6 gateways, and v6 to v4 gateways. Windows 95 users can install Trumpet Winsock 5.0. http://www.trumpet.com.au/ipv6.htm (That comment started out as a joke referencing the joys of Winsock on Windows 3.1, scarily it turned into a truth) A quick google consultation also renders: "RFC3089: A SOCKS-based IPv6/IPv4 Gateway Mechanism" http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3089.html