Comment by lloeki
5 days ago
Meanwhile, I was taught and practiced IPv6 in 2003-5 in engineering school (France).
As of 2024, IPv6 deployment in France was >97% mobile and >98% residential due to not being required for obtaining a 5G radio license (and then v6 simply carried downward to being available on 4G) + every ISP that provides FTTH also providing v6.
https://www.arcep.fr/fileadmin/reprise/observatoire/ipv6/Arc...
Over here IPv6 JustWorks to the point of absolute boredom.
I was taught IPv6 in the mid 2000s too, in Italy.
But penetration there is just about 15% or so :/
Is it commonly used within small/medium/large businesses?
German situation is mostly/rarely/never. Small businesses have their DSL line where their cheapo router will announce an IPv6 prefix which almost all ISPs over here provide. Medium to large businesses usually have some braindead security policies that include switching off all IPv6 functionality in devices.
Don’t get me started on security policies of large German (non-tech adjacent) companies - so many of them are still stuck in the 90s
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> Medium to large businesses usually have some braindead security policies
what's the argument behind that? are they scared they might configure their firewall bad and have no NAT to safe them from accidentally making all devices public?
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