<DIV>An article in a publication called the <A href="http://technologyreview.com">Technology Review</A> from MIT entitled <A href="http://technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel010704.asp">Internet 6.0</A> says, about switching to IPv6:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><EM>But when the IPv6 rollout is finally done, not all the effects will be positive: the new Version 6 Internet will be slower, more friendly to peer-to-peer-based copyright violation systems, and the computers on it will almost certainly be less secure. </EM></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>This is a strange statement.  Saying that it will be &#8220;more friendly&#8221; to copyright violation systems is like saying a word processor's improved clipboard is makes the program more attractive to students plagiarizing documents.  It's actually &#8220;more friendly&#8221; to every application, not just ones that are used for illegal purposes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>His point about it being less secure simply because it's new code is valid, though.  As for slower, well, probably marginally so but not enough to worry about.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:17:05 GMT