Re: Is LDPv6 dead?

I agree that it would not make sense for carriers to convert their MPLS
backbones with IPv6 when there is a really nice and easy solutions with
their current IPv4. But if we are really trying to be serious about ever
moving the industry to IPv6 only world, we'll need a IPV6 labeling
protocol. Granted that this might be a technology that's needed in 15 or 10
years, but would be nice to have for brand new network (if those still
exist).

Thanks

Tom

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Steve Di Bias <sdibias_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> My thoughts exactly, Yuri.
>
> With 6PE/6VPE service providers can leverage their existing IPv4/MPLS
> backbones, without making any changes to it. Because of this I don't think
> their is a big push today.
>
> That said I'm not really sure what the benefits would be today.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Di Bias- CCIE #32840
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've wondered about this too.I think it would be a good step to the IPv6
>> migration process.
>>
>> My thoughts are that with an MPLS core, it doesn't really matter if you're
>> using IPv4 based IGP & signalling protocols, it's not like ISPs are
>> running
>> out of /30s and Loopback addresses. With 6PE and 6VPE, there isn't much
>> incentive. What would be the real benefits to the business?
>>
>> -Yuri
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I thought someone might have more insight. I was looking at IPv6 MPLS
>> > implementations and looks like all of them require IPv4 MPLS core. The
>> > reason for that is that currently there is no IPv6 signaling protocol.
>> > Looks like *draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6-07 *that proposed LDPv6 is expired.
>> > Does anyone know what is the latest in that field. Will we be stuck with
>> > dual-stack forever?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Tom Kacprzynski
>> >
>> >
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