[Info-vax] HP's Partner Virtualization Program

[Main, Kerry]

One last attempt to post this reply. Info-VAX is not posting my replies
so apologies if this is a repeat...

:-(


> -----Original Message-----
> From: info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On
> Behalf Of Richard B. Gilbert
> Sent: August-15-09 9:40 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] HP's Partner Virtualization Program
> 
> R.A.Omond wrote:
> > Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> >> [...big snip...]
> >> In twenty years as a system manager, VMS and several flavors of
> Unix,
> >> I NEVER used, or even encountered, IPSEC!  We've all gotten along
> >> without it somehow.  I never missed it!  Why has it suddenly become
> a
> >> sine qua non?
> >
> > Richard, please use some of the next twenty years to learn how to
> snip.
> 
> Please try to answer the question!
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Well, for one thing PDA's, cell phones and other forms of mobility was nowhere near the challenge it is today. In addition, while NAT solutions were ok for awhile to handle internal company tcpip addressing, even NAT is becoming a huge challenge when these mobility management challenges taken into the equation.

In addition, cell phone providers are now making their new devices IPV6 mandatory with IPV4 "optional".

Hence, the writing is on the wall.

Reference:
http://tinyurl.com/m8blgk (June 09, 2009) "Verizon has posted specs for any LTE device that will be permitted on its LTE network. IPv6 support is mandated. IPv4 is optional. That's quite a statement, since IPv4 traffic currently dominates the Internet."

http://tinyurl.com/l2c76a  (June 19, 2009)
"Comcast Braces for IPv6"


Regards

Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
HP Services Canada
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