Much Still To Do

• though IPv6 today has all the functional capability of IPv4,

• implementations are not as advanced (e.g., with respect to performance, multicast support, compactness, instrumentation, etc.)

• deployment has only just begun

• much work to be done moving application, middleware, and management software to IPv6

• much training work to be done (application developers, network administrators, sales staff,…)

• many of the advanced features of IPv6 still need specification, implementation, and deployment work

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