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Re: IPv4 flag day


From: John Levine via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: 20 Jun 2026 15:36:41 -0400

It appears that Marco Moock via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> said:
Am 20.06.26 um 08:14 schrieb David Conrad via NANOG:
I have some skepticism that a “turn off IPv4 day” mandate from (some) network operators will change things 
significantly, but I’m frequently wrong.

It will impact them if large companies like Google or MS decide that 
IPv6 is mandatory.
Such cases pushed SPF/DKIM, TLS, HTTPS etc.

Those all had significant security benefits.  IPv6, not so much.

R's,
John

PS: Yes, I know about IPsec.
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