California University System

[jonathanlee571]

I was wondering if anyone can explain why a major University would not support or deploy ipv6 yet? I was told about ipv6 back in the 2000-2002 at RTI (regional technical institute) that it was going to replace everything.  2025 it still seems to be delayed and even blocked. Does anyone know what risks are associated with ipv6, and or why a university would choose to not utilize the newer protocol? It seems all of my smartphones are now using this, it is not just an ISP thing, as there are ways to get ipv6 by way of a broker (California based tunnel broker), so why not use it? Why would the university system not use it however allow smartphones to use it?

[Pentium4User]

Lazy admins, managers who don't want it, no time, or "no need".

[jonathanlee571]

My IPS/IDS (intrusion detection, intrusion prevention system) rarely sees issues on ipv6, it does see them because every once and a while it spots one and blocks it, when juxtaposed to ipv4 there is tons of detections and blocks and abuse. It just seems logical that the version with less abuse would be more ideal.

[jonathanlee571]

The other thing is the if it is not broken don't fix it thought process as ipv4 works perfectly why spend money on it right? I just keep thinking about how every smartphone has it already, so a smartphone connected to the Wi-Fi would have both versions running anyway, so why not add in the ipv6 right as a security precaution. Who knows.