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ereckers | 10 years ago

Alright, I've got to ask. Why is IPv6 support important?

I tried a cursory Google search, but couldn't find much. I'd love to learn why I should be paying more attention to IPv6.

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nextweek2|10 years ago

The reasons for IPv6 should be obvious by now, most importantly you are future proofing your service/product. Saying I don't need to deploy IPv6 is the same mentality that kept the world using Internet Explorer 6 for over half a decade, yes it works as is but it could be better.

Plus do you want to live in a world where something as basic as an IP address costs you an annual fee?

You'll also provide a faster service ahead of your competition:

http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/04/facebo...

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2983996/internet/ipv6-w...

To be honest, IPv6 isn't exactly hard for a lot of project. As buyers we just have to add it as a purchasing requirement. The real burden is on the ISPs and cloud providers.

demonshreder|10 years ago

http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/ipv6_ipv4_diffe... In production: Nginx uses IPv4 by default therefore you have to a few lines to nginx.conf to get to IPv6 after you have configured your AAAA Name record.

y4mi|10 years ago

that link is dead (403 - forbidden) but seems to address the differences between ipv4 and ipv6.

he was asking why you'd need ipv6 support for a CDN, which is mostly hosted by other people. you only reference it in your html code, once. so his question would probably still be unanswered, even if your link worked.