I don't use IPv6 because it solves a problem that I don't have and it provides functionality that I don't want. And also because I don't understand it very well.
My points :
- I don't have a shortage of IPv4. Maybe my ISP or my VPN host do, I don't know. I have a roomy 10.0.0.0/8 to work with.
- Every host routable from anywhere on the Internet? No thanks. Maybe I've been irreparably corrupted by being behind NAT for too long but I like the idea of a gateway between my well kept garden and the jungle and my network topology being hidden.
- Stateless auto configuration. What ? No, no, I want my ducks neatly in a row, not wandering about. Again maybe my brain is rotten from years of DHCP usage but yes, I want stateful configuration and I want all devices on my network to automatically use my internal DNS server thank you very much.
- It's hard to remember IPv6 addresses. The prospect of reconfiguring all my router and firewall rules looks rather painful.
- My ISP gives me a /64, what am I supposed to do with that anyways?
- What happens if my ISP decides to change my prefix ? How do my routing rules need to change? I have no idea.
In short, so far, ignorance is bliss.
My points :
- I don't have a shortage of IPv4. Maybe my ISP or my VPN host do, I don't know. I have a roomy 10.0.0.0/8 to work with.
- Every host routable from anywhere on the Internet? No thanks. Maybe I've been irreparably corrupted by being behind NAT for too long but I like the idea of a gateway between my well kept garden and the jungle and my network topology being hidden.
- Stateless auto configuration. What ? No, no, I want my ducks neatly in a row, not wandering about. Again maybe my brain is rotten from years of DHCP usage but yes, I want stateful configuration and I want all devices on my network to automatically use my internal DNS server thank you very much.
- It's hard to remember IPv6 addresses. The prospect of reconfiguring all my router and firewall rules looks rather painful.
- My ISP gives me a /64, what am I supposed to do with that anyways?
- What happens if my ISP decides to change my prefix ? How do my routing rules need to change? I have no idea.
In short, so far, ignorance is bliss.