On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <s.tomsleen@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi John,

+1 on the concerns about the article

yes, it is badly written, conflating the NEWS spyware with IPv6.

IPv6 CAN be deployed so that end user addresses are not derived from MAC addresses. I wonder if the government is mandating the use of the 48 bit MAC address in building the 64 bit v6 address?? I doubt they have gone that far.

It's not just journos however, this quote:

“Any operator who opposes the move must know that they will soon be cut off by international backbone operators,” said Sammy Buruchara, CEO Kenic, the .ke registry and a Tespok member.

also seems suspect in that I don't know of any international provider who will turn down money because a customer won't use IPv6. We are still at the point where it is hard to find international transit providers who will provide native IPv6 connections in East Africa.